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  1. Vanilla +
  2.  
  3. v1.36b
  4.  
  5. - increased Istria (736) infrastructure level from 2 to 5
  6. - added/improved a few important event/focus tool-tips
  7.  
  8. v1.36 "Oh and, just one more thing..."
  9.  
  10. - added some more news events
  11. - added new transport plane tech icons for ENG, FRA, GER, ITA, SOV, USA and JAP, courtesy of PeanutButtaJellyTime and Jay dey Long
  12. - added some new and tweaked minister portraits, courtesy of Prinz Wilhelm
  13. - added some new and tweaked leader portraits, courtesy of Prinz Wilhelm
  14. - added an event for delivery of the two Grom-class destroyers for POL
  15. - added a secret event for ???
  16. - added a secret event for ???
  17. - added tech: ??? (unique to ???)
  18. - added ENG chief of army: Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (Army Organization Specialist)
  19. - added GER chief of navy: Rolf Carls (Naval Aviation Specialist)
  20. - added GER chief of navy: Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (Naval Maneuver Expert)
  21. - added GER theorist: Conrad Albrecht (Grand Fleet Proponent)
  22. - added FRA theorist: Jean-Pierre Esteva (Sea Lane Tactician)
  23. - added FRA theorist: Robert Esnault-Pelterie (Rocket Scientist)
  24. - added FRA military high command: Georges Blanchard (Artillery Specialist)
  25. - added GER military high command: Hermann Boehm (Capital Ships Specialist)
  26. - changed SPR chief of army Emilio Mola from an Army Offense Expert to an Army Morale Expert
  27. - changed USA chief of navy William D. Leahy from a Decisive Battle Specialist to a Decisive Battle Expert
  28. - added 2 new generals for SPR (Nationalist) once the SCW fires
  29. - 250 pp theorists (i.e. Grand Battle Plan Expert, Victory Through Airpower) now generate +0.08 XP rather than +0.05
  30. - ENG focus Service Overseas now also provides 1x 50% research bonus for land, naval or air doctrine
  31. - FRA focuses Defensive Focus and Aggressive Focus will now also provide +10 army experience
  32. - FRA focus Revise Versailles will now raise world tension a bit
  33. - GER focus Plan Z will now also unlock Rolf Carls as a chief of navy
  34. - GER focus U-Boat Effort will now also unlock Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as a chief of navy
  35. - GER focus Reich Paramilitarism will now also unlock a standard motorized division template
  36. - SOV focus The Comintern will now raise world tension a bit more (5% rather than 1%)
  37. - SOV focus Permanent Revolution will now allow volunteers to generate less world tension
  38. - SOV focuses Support Chinese Communists and Support Chinese Nationalists no longer require SOV to have sent volunteers to PRC or CHI respectively
  39. - USA focuses Air War Plans Division and Bureau of Ships now only provide 1x doctrinal research bonus
  40. - ITA Victor Emmanuel III idea now provides -5% Fleet in Being doctrine research time rather than -7% generic naval doctrine research time
  41. - for ENG, the Extensive Conscription, Service by Requirement, All Adults Serve and Scraping the Barrel laws now require the Military Training Act focus to have been researched
  42. - AI countries should no longer appoint Fortification Engineers or Airborne military high commands (the AI doesn't build forts or drop paratroopers)
  43. - NAV: nerfed naval strike attack from 15/20/25 to 10/15/20
  44. - added the La Melpomène class DD variant for FRA
  45. - added the Takao class CA variant for JAP
  46. - added the Desert Fox trait to Rommel and Auchinleck
  47. - added the Sea Wolf trait to Saalwächter and von Friedeburg
  48. - added the Spotter trait to Boehm
  49. - added an AI event that will add any player-released ENG puppets to the Commonwealth research group (i.e. NFL, MAL) once they reach colony status or above
  50. - added an AI_strategy entry for SOV to be less enthusiastic about sending volunteers to CHI or PRC when in Historical mode [historically it was mainly just equipment & planes]
  51. - buffed the SOV Collectivist Propaganda branch slightly
  52. - slept a load of pre-1939 V+ news events that fire at the start of the 1939 scenario
  53. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for FRA and ITA
  54. - tweaked some volunteers-related AI defines
  55. - fixed some vanilla flags that were either corrupted or the wrong size
  56. - misc. database tweaks
  57. - misc. naval OOB tweaks for FRA and JAP
  58. - misc. localization improvements
  59.  
  60. v1.35 "Original Content Provider, Though Sadly Not Theft-Proof"
  61.  
  62. - added new mechanized tech icons for FRA and USA, courtesy of Jay dey Long
  63. - all GER, JAP and SOV rocket interceptor techs now use the initial tech's unique icon
  64. - added events to rename a number of Soviet states and VPs if Trotsky or Baydalakov come to power
  65. - added an event to replace Lord Linlithgow as viceroy of India
  66. - GER focus Heavy Water Refinement will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for excavation tech
  67. - GER focus High Seas Fleet will now provide 1x 50% research bonus for generic naval doctrine rather than Fleet in Being doctrine specifically
  68. - GER focus Atlantikwall will now also apply to Aquitaine (19)
  69. - SOV focus The Comintern is now dynamic; will add the Communist Influence timed idea to all democratic countries, not just ENG and FRA
  70. - JAP focus Chinese Puppet will now be much more likely to succeed if CHI has already ceded territory after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident
  71. - AI FIN will now always reject SOV's ultimatum when in Historical mode
  72. - AI GER will now be less likely to research Befriend Czechoslovakia when not in Historical mode
  73. - Trotsky is now much more likely to appear for AI SOV when not in Historical mode
  74. - switched ENG theorists Arthur Harris and Hugh Trenchard
  75. - lowered the unit production priority for zeppelins [ ;'(((( ]
  76. - AI-gifted carrier planes now correctly use the root country's tech
  77. - AI countries with which GER has done 'Befriend...' focuses (i.e. CHI, PER, NOR) are now guranteed to join the Anti-Comintern Pact when invited
  78. - AI countries invited to the Tripartite Pact are now by default much more likely to accept
  79. - Ivan Konev is now the default non-aligned leader for SOV [doesn't affect the Solidarist coup]
  80. - reduced ENG starting convoys from 800 to 500
  81. - reduced SOV Socialism in One Country division defense on core territory bonus from +25% to +15%
  82. - reduced GER Endsieg Propaganda division attack and defense on core territory bonus from +50% to +25%
  83. - gave Patton his panzer_leader trait back
  84. - slightly reduced AI ART production priority
  85. - slightly reduced FRA starting fascist popularity in 1936
  86. - SOV now begins with Synthetic Oil Experiments tech in 1936
  87. - added 1 synthetic refinery to Krasnoyarsk (568) in 1936
  88. - added 23 chromium to Luzon (623)
  89. - fixed a vanilla tool-tip bug in the RAJ Navy Funding focus
  90. - fixed a bug in which a +100% hardness modifier was missing from MECH infantry tech
  91. - misc. database tweaks
  92. - misc. localization improvements
  93.  
  94. v1.34b
  95.  
  96. - tweaked a custom trigger that fires the SOV Great Patriotic War event
  97. - temporarily removed the field marshal division cap due to AI misuse [should be re-added with the v1.5 HoI IV patch]
  98. - added CHI to some SOV focus triggers dealing with major wars
  99. - the timed ideas Blitzkrieg! and For the Emperor! are now AI-only
  100. - major wargoal focuses will now cancel if the country of origin falls into civil war
  101. - misc. AI production tweaks for CHI, ENG, FRA, GER, ITA, JAP and SOV [greater focus on INF + ART equipment]
  102.  
  103. v1.34
  104.  
  105. - added some more news events
  106. - added a small event chain for a white peace between JAP and SOV if enough territory has been captured and MON has capitulated
  107. - added a better flag for allied/neutral CAN
  108. - added tech: Great War Landship (unique to FRA)
  109. - added Sichuan (SIC), complete with leaders, flags and a generic name list
  110. - added SIC cores on Sichuan (605) and East Xikang (601)
  111. - added 1 military factory to Sichuan (605) in 1936
  112. - added 1 steel and 8 chromium to Petsamo (722)
  113. - added an ai_strategy entry for GER, JAP and their allies to ignore strategic bomber production until 1943 unless ENG or SOV have been neutralized
  114. - added an ai_strategy entry for CHI to be less inclined to join the Axis unless the relevant friendship focuses have been researched
  115. - added an AI event to gift some carrier planes to countries who are at war and have carriers but no stockpiled carrier planes
  116. - events for the deaths of Ludendorff, Lloyd George, Chamberlain and D'Annunzio will no longer fire if they are active as ministers
  117. - transferred Sichuan (605) and East Xikang (601) from CHI to SIC in the 1936 scenario
  118. - re-added the original red cross Support Equipment icon [removed from vanilla in the 1.4 patch]
  119. - SOV will now only gain its Great Patriotic War national spirit if defending against a European major (i.e. not JAP) and it has lost Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kiev OR Moscow
  120. - CHI will no longer inherit warlord armies and division templates with the CHI United Front events
  121. - added some new jet plane tech icons, courtesy of idmw
  122. - added a couple of new focus tree icons, courtesy of Bane5
  123. - added a level 6 naval base and 5 VP to Istria (736) to represent Trieste
  124. - gave the default leaders of RHO, NFL, BUR and SLV new portraits (from the Anniversary Pack DLC) so they look a bit less generic
  125. - changed the color of MAL when it is a puppet of ENG
  126. - increased Guiyang VP score from 3 to 10
  127. - the Flying Tigers will now use USA-produced CAS planes
  128. - made some layout tweaks to the GER focus tree
  129. - improved some event triggers
  130. - misc. database tweaks
  131. - misc. tank OOB tweaks for FRA
  132. - misc. equipment level OOB tweaks for CHI
  133. - misc. localization improvements
  134.  
  135. v1.33
  136.  
  137. - added a news event
  138. - added an event for the destruction of the Sudeten border forts
  139. - added USA focus: The Flying Tigers
  140. - added 10 aluminium to Kirin (328)
  141. - added 10 aluminium to Singapore (336)
  142. - added 15 aluminium to Central Malaya (759)
  143. - added a Mark V tank tech icon for non-TfV owners, courtesy of tom_jones [by default an FT-17 silhouette is used]
  144. - added some new plane tech icons for ENG, courtesy of tom_jones
  145. - AUS and HUN now begin with Great War Tank tech in 1936
  146. - AFG no longer begins with Basic Light Tank tech in 1936
  147. - AST, NZL, RAJ, BUR, CAN, NFL, SAF and RHO now use ENG tech icons and localization as fallback
  148. - in Historical mode, YUG will now opt for Crush the Ustasa rather than Establish the Banovina of Croatia
  149. - removed Zhukov's Winter Specialist trait; reduced starting skill level from 5 to 4
  150. - added the Urban Assault Specialist trait to Chuikov; increased starting skill level from 3 to 4
  151. - removed an AI convoy event that should no longer be needed
  152. - moved the /portraits folder to the root folder
  153. - improved some event triggers
  154. - added Ian Smith as a fighter ace name for RHO
  155. - fixed Sudetenland (69) starting with higher level forts and anti-air than it should
  156. - fixed a potential bug in the USA Clip the Eagle's Wings focus in which the King could replace himself
  157. - fixed JAP minister Takuo Godo having the wrong portrait background
  158. - fixed a vanilla bug in the GRE event file
  159. - misc. localization improvements
  160.  
  161. v1.32
  162.  
  163. - added some more news events
  164. - added USA focuses: War Plan Gold, Embargo France, Stoke Colonial Tensions, Purge European Legacy, War Plan Gray, Embargo Italy, Clip the Eagle's Wings and The Fall of Rome
  165. - added RAJ focus: Claim the Coast
  166. - added NFL to the various USA Monroe Doctrine focuses
  167. - added CHI to some USA focus triggers dealing with major wars
  168. - added an event for the fall of the Hertzog government
  169. - added a new icon for the USA Home of the Free idea, courtesy of Jay dey Long
  170. - replaced Jan Smuts with J. B. M. Hertzog as leader of SAF in 1939
  171. - transferred Andaman (733) from ENG to RAJ
  172. - added ai_strategy entries for USA intervention against FRA and ITA
  173. - tweaked some army & navy AI defines
  174. - improved ITA Pact of Steel and Italy First focus requirements
  175. - fixed some localization bugs
  176.  
  177. v1.31
  178.  
  179. - added some more news events
  180. - reduced strategic bomber AI build desire for GER, ITA, CHI and JAP to -100
  181. - reduced core territory available manpower from 50% to 35% [this is being tested but looks interesting so far]
  182. - re-balanced the SCW so it once again favors the Republicans by default; with GER/ITA support the Nationalists will still tend to win
  183. - for SOV, the War Economy and Total Mobilization laws now require certain focuses to have been researched
  184. - added an AI_strategy for ENG to protect FRA (if the two are in a war together against GER) until ENG, FRA or GER falls
  185. - added an AI_strategy for FRA to protect BEL if FRA takes the Dyle Plan focus and BEL becomes a puppet
  186. - tweaked some of the AI's national focus priorities for YUG when in Historical Mode; YUG will now generally veer towards the Allies rather than the Axis
  187. - tweaked the completed national focuses for YUG in the 1939 scenario
  188. - removed YUG cores on Zara (163) and Istria (736) as they are now added via focus
  189. - replaced Peter Fraser with Michael Joseph Savage as leader of NZL in 1939
  190. - added an event for the death of Michael Joseph Savage
  191. - added/tweaked some national focus world tension modifiers for ENG, GER, ITA, JAP and SOV
  192. - improved some triggers in the USA event file
  193. - fixed some localization bugs
  194.  
  195. v1.3d
  196.  
  197. - restored vanilla AI templates and MIL production costs until I can figure out what's wrong and why the AI is broken ;(
  198.  
  199. v1.3c
  200.  
  201. - fixed ITA AI focusing too much on cavalry; now (temporarily) uses the generic division template file
  202. - tweaked AI_strategy files for ENG, FRA, GER & USA; general reduction in garrison priority, slightly higher emphasis on motorized & special forces
  203.  
  204. v1.3b
  205.  
  206. - updated the AI_areas file with strategic region ID changes for Oceania
  207. - added some new political party names for ALB, CRO, CZE, EST, LAT, LIB and LIT
  208. - updated USA's industrial/infra focuses to take into account the new strategic regions
  209. - tweaked the generic AI_strategy file so that cavalry division templates are extremely low priority
  210. - tweaked ITA's AI_strategy file; should now attempt to build a much more balanced force
  211. - fixed a strategic region using the wrong name
  212. - fixed some DoD faction names missing vanilla localization
  213. - fixed some vanilla issues in combat_tactics.txt, courtesy of Zwirbaum
  214.  
  215. v1.3 "Der Vogelmann Update"
  216.  
  217. - general compatibility work for DoD and the 1.4 Oak update(s)
  218. - added an improved variant of ITA's fascist flag
  219. - removed JAP general Nobuyushi Muto (died in 1933)
  220. - edited some leaders for CZE, HUN, ROM and YUG
  221. - added 1 new general for GER
  222. - added some new focus tree and idea icons [added in 1.4 but currently unused in vanilla]
  223. - reduced MIL/NAV capacity modifiers to +15% and +10% respectively per Concentrated Industry tech
  224. - reduced MIL/NAV capacity modifiers to +10% and +5% respectively per Dispersed Industry tech
  225. - adjusted some air unit values due to vanilla changes
  226. - adjusted some ai_strategy entries for GER so they don't waste divisions outside Europe and North Africa
  227. - updated the AI division template files; improved/expanded the generic file (now includes CAV, MOT and MEC again) and re-added ITA's binary divisions
  228. - replaced Jaroslav Krejci with Konstantin von Neurath as leader of CZE in 1939
  229. - ROM event 'Political Extremism in Romania' will no longer fire if DoD is enabled [causes overlap issues with ROM focus tree stuff]
  230.  
  231. v1.22i
  232.  
  233. - added a new fascist flag for CAN
  234. - added new custom difficulty sliders for Benelux, Scandinavia and Poland
  235. - added MON and TAN to the Soviet custom difficulty slider, alongside SOV
  236. - added PHI to the American custom difficulty slider, alongside USA
  237. - added CAN, AST, NZL, SAF, RHO and RAJ to the British custom difficulty slider, alongside ENG
  238. - ENG The Burma Road focus now uses a dynamic trigger for targeting suitable countries; improved associated events, which now fire for ENG, CHI, RAJ and BUR
  239. - SOV Move Industry to the Urals focus now uses a scripted trigger; requires SOV be at war with any country with > 50 factories and a capital in Europe
  240. - tweaked an existing ai_strategy entry so that the Allies will now be more likely to launch naval invasions of GER if also at war with SOV, or SOV is fascist
  241. - tweaked the conscription modifiers provided by the SOV Militarized Schools and Socialist Science focuses
  242. - fixed an oversight in which the Treaty of Beijing would not transfer the extra states that can be ceded in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident event
  243.  
  244. v1.22h
  245.  
  246. - added some more news events
  247. - added Methodical Battle tech to the Superior Firepower doctrine; mutually exclusive with Mobile Defense
  248. - added/tweaked some naval variants for ENG and ITA
  249. - added a new fascist flag for SAF
  250. - added lots of new tool-tips across the tech trees
  251. - all focuses with world tension/war requirements will now continue even if invalid (i.e. world tension level drops or the war ends)
  252. - FRA Grande Armée focus now requires either the War Economy or Total Mobilization law
  253. - ITA Claims on Austria focus will now bypass if Tirol (153) is owned by a country in ITA's faction
  254. - the Japan Launches 'U Go' Offensive event for RAJ/BUR will now also add a 365 day timed idea which reduces national unity and conscription factor and increases fascism drift and autonomy
  255. - buffed ITA Capital Ship Focus bonuses slightly
  256. - nerfed FRA France Métropolitaine, Industrial Expansion, Military Factories and Naval Dockyards focuses from 8 down to 6 free infra/factories/dockyards
  257. - nerfed JAP Increase Naval Production focus from 8 down to 6 free dockyards
  258. - FRA, TUR and YUG now begin with Methodical Battle tech in 1939, rather than Delay
  259. - USA now begins with Mobile Defense tech in 1939, rather than Delay
  260. - tweaked the AI factors for land and naval doctrines so that AI nations are more likely to go down their historical paths (i.e. SOV > Deep Battle)
  261. - fixed a vanilla oversight in which the JAP Southern Expansion focus was providing a wargoal against HOL rather than INS
  262. - misc. naval OOB tweaks for ENG and ITA
  263. - misc. database tweaks
  264. - misc. localization improvements
  265.  
  266. v1.22g
  267.  
  268. - added a news event
  269. - added dynamic event text for AST event The Coronation Visit, depending on whether Edward VIII or George VI is king
  270. - added USA focus: Operation Paperclip
  271. - ENG British Austerity focus now requires 10% world tension
  272. - ENG General Rearmament focus now requires 20% world tension, rather than 10%
  273. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for USA
  274. - fixed a bug/oversight in which the trigger for the AST Strengthen Ties with Great Britain focus did not take into account Edward VIII remaining king
  275. - misc. localization improvements
  276.  
  277. v1.22f
  278.  
  279. - added ENG focuses: Finnish Intervention and Secure France
  280. - added ai_strategy entries for ENG intervention in FIN and FRA
  281. - buffed the speed of FRA's Le Hardi and Mogador class DDs
  282. - ITA now begins with 1938 Battleship tech in 1939
  283. - ENG now starts with artillery equipment being constructed in 1936 and 1939
  284. - improved the AI factors for the Danzig or War and Danzig for Slovakia events for POL
  285. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG
  286. - fixed ALB having Enver Hoxha as a democratic reformer ;o
  287. - misc. focus requirement tweaks for ENG and ITA
  288. - misc. naval OOB tweaks for ITA
  289. - misc. database tweaks
  290. - misc. localization improvements
  291.  
  292. v1.22e
  293.  
  294. - added an extra option to ITA's SCW intervention event for the formation of the historical Blackshirt divisions
  295. - added an on_action for Suiyuan (621) to be transferred to MEN if PRC capitulates
  296. - added ai_strategy entries for Operation Sealion (GER) and Operation Downfall (ENG/USA) when in Historical Mode
  297. - added a number of on_actions to reset cosmetic tags once government type has changed
  298. - added the three 'Flechas' Blackshirt divisions to the SPR OOB in 1939
  299. - added some female ace names for AST
  300. - added a new tooltip for ENG Establish the BEF
  301. - added an AI event to load some special forces divisions for GER once they are at war with SOV
  302. - FRA Join Germany focus will now fire an event to cede Alsace-Lorraine (28) to GER in exchange for FRA joining the Axis
  303. - SPR now has a División de Camisas Negras template in 1939
  304. - SOV now has a Tyazolaya-Tankovaya Brigada template in 1936
  305. - AST Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force focus will now add four historical female aces and the Women Pilots idea (+2% recruitable population)
  306. - BUL and YUG will now automatically join Impero Italiano once founded, so long as they are AI controlled and ITA has researched their respective Befriend focuses
  307. - updated FRA's industrial/infra focuses to take into account the new strategic regions
  308. - buffed POL's industrial/infra focuses to bring them in line with other unique focus trees
  309. - reverted ITA to binary divisions in the 1939 scenario [reorganization began in 1938]
  310. - tweaked ITA's AI template so that the AI will aim for binary divisions
  311. - tweaked an existing ai_strategy entry so that the Allies will now be more likely to launch naval invasions of GER once SOV has either capitulated or joined the Axis
  312. - tweaked some of the AI's national focus priorities for ENG and FRA when not in Historical Mode
  313. - tweaked the name for fascist POL
  314. - tweaked the research bonuses for a number of air, naval and computing focuses
  315. - fixed a possible vanilla issue with SAF not being able to correctly create its own faction
  316. - fixed a bug in which Tuva (329) would be transferred to PRC if owned by SOV when Mao claims his share of China
  317. - fixed a localization issue with the JAP Found our Faction focus in which MAN and MEN were incorrectly stated to become independent
  318. - misc. OOB tweaks for ITA and SOV
  319. - misc. localization improvements
  320.  
  321. v1.22d
  322.  
  323. - added a couple of news events
  324. - added an event to spawn some CZE and POL fighter aces for ENG under certain conditions
  325. - added 1 new general for NZL
  326. - added SOV focuses: War with France and War with the USA
  327. - added POL idea: April Constitution, which provides +30% idelogical drift defense and -20% foreign subversive activities efficiency; removed with Liberalism, Go Left or Go Right focuses
  328. - removed ITA focus: Befriend Japan; replaced with an ai_strategy entry once ITA has researched Pact of Steel or Italy First
  329. - changed some province terrain types in Syria from desert to plains; the Fertile Crescent is now a bit more fertile
  330. - GER event Military Coup Against Nazi Regime will no longer fire if GER is in a civil war
  331. - GER Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and Tripartite Pact focuses will now raise world tension a bit
  332. - GER Alliance with the USSR focus' Unholy Alliance modifier will now also target non-aligned countries; increased world tension modifier from 5 to 10
  333. - JAP Special Naval Forces focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for logistics and signal company tech
  334. - JAP Army Mechanization focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for maintenance company tech
  335. - SOV Military Reorganization focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for land doctrine
  336. - SOV The Great Purge focus now requires SOV not be in a civil war, and will cancel if civil war breaks out
  337. - SOV Women in Aviation focus will now add four historical female aces instead of increasing ace generation chance (bonus already available via a military high command)
  338. - SOV Socialism in One Country, Permanent Revolution, Anti-Fascist Diplomacy and Anti-Capitalist Diplomacy focuses will now raise world tension a bit
  339. - USA Restore Status Quo focus will now also improve trade relations as well as diplomatic relations
  340. - MAN and MEN will now automatically join the Co-Prosperity Sphere once founded, so long as they are AI controlled and puppets of JAP
  341. - zeppelins: reduced production cost from 60 to 38; buffed strategic bombing attack from 15 to 20
  342. - buffed generic Paramilitarism idea: now also provides +10% friendly partisans bonus
  343. - nerfed ITA's CC.NN. division template slightly, to better reflect their historical strength
  344. - changed the wargoals on the Anti-Capitalist Diplomacy branch of the SOV focus tree from puppet to annex
  345. - tweaked some of the AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER, ITA, JAP and SOV when not in Historical Mode
  346. - fixed another TfV idea icon not displaying (the game was using a generic icon as a fallback)
  347. - misc. ship name tweaks for ITA and USA
  348. - misc. localization improvements
  349.  
  350. v1.22c
  351.  
  352. - added an event to transfer ownership of Luxembourg (8) and Alsace-Lorraine (28) to GER once they have been captured [this should stop GER giving A-L to Vichy FRA]
  353. - added the loading progress bar added in the 1.3.3 update
  354. - added generic focus: Carrier Effort
  355. - added CHI political advisor: Deng Wenyi (Fascist Demagogue)
  356. - FRA ideas Levée en masse and Motorized Focus: now update with each focus, rather than adding new ideas for each additional focus; now also includes medium and super-heavy tank equipment
  357. - SPR (Nationalist) will now gain a claim on Gibraltar (118) if they win the SCW
  358. - removed GER focuses: Pressure Hungary and Pressure Romania; replaced with ai_strategy entries once GER has researched Tripartite Pact or Second Vienna Award
  359. - removed the rubber from Leopoldville (295) [oversight; should have been removed in v1.22]
  360. - removed Charles de Gaulle as a general for FRA if he becomes leader of Free France
  361. - improved the tooltip for the generic Ideological Fanaticism focus
  362. - tweaked the AI's option triggers for the FRA Matignon Agreements event
  363. - tweaked some of the AI's national focus priorities for FRA when not in Historical Mode
  364. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
  365. - fixed a bug in which the Iberian Soviet Republic cosmetic tag would not load due to using the wrong on_action type
  366.  
  367. v1.22b
  368.  
  369. - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
  370. - added Infantry Anti-Tank III and Infantry Anti-Tank IV techs; changed tech years from 1942/1943 to 1918/1938/1942/1944
  371. - Special Forces Anti-Tank tech: changed tech year from 1945 to 1946
  372. - ENG now begins with Infantry Anti-Tank I tech in 1936
  373. - GER now begins with Infantry Anti-Tank I tech in 1936
  374. - GER now begins with Infantry Anti-Tank II tech in 1939
  375. - JAP now begins with Infantry Anti-Tank I tech in 1936
  376. - JAP now begins with Infantry Anti-Tank II tech in 1939
  377. - FIN now begins with Infantry Anti-Tank II tech in 1939
  378. - POL now begins with Infantry Anti-Tank II tech in 1939
  379. - POL now begins with Improved Infantry Equipment I tech in 1939
  380. - POL now begins with Support Weapons II tech in 1939
  381. - POL Army Modernization focus will now provide 3x 50% research bonuses for infantry weapons and artillery
  382. - POL Baltic Navy focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for BC or BB tech
  383. - POL idea Ideological Fanaticism: now provides the same bonuses as the generic version; +5% national unity and +10% division attack and defense on core territory
  384. - POL idea Polish Militarism: now provides a -20% enemy partisans bonus, rather than -10%
  385. - buffed generic Indoctrination idea: now also provides +20% idelogical drift defense
  386. - added 6 aluminum to Ghana (274)
  387. - changed a leader for GRE
  388. - changed POL design company Stocznia Gdynia from a generic Fleet Designer to a Coastal Fleet Designer
  389. - tweaked some ship and political party names for POL
  390. - removed a pair of AI world tension reduction events that should no longer be needed
  391. - fixed the flag flickering bug (also sometimes caused flags to appear as other nations' flags when zoomed out)
  392. - fixed an oversight with the generic Military Youth idea using conscription_factor rather than conscription
  393.  
  394. v1.22 "Together for Compatibility, vol. II: The Very Best of Brian Burma & Suzie Siam"
  395.  
  396. - general compatibility work for the 1.3.3 update
  397. - added an updated Philippe Leclerc idea icon, courtesy of tom_jones (and updated by Acinonyx)
  398. - added an updated Francisco Franco idea icon, courtesy of Acinonyx
  399. - added some new jet plane tech icons, courtesy of tom_jones
  400. - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
  401. - added some more event photos, courtesy of Axe99
  402. - added FRA focus: Airborne Infantry
  403. - added 5 new generals for YUG
  404. - added 3 new generals for BUL
  405. - added 2 new generals for GRE
  406. - added 1 new general for SER
  407. - added new flag sets for CZE and SPR
  408. - added a new fascist flag for FRA
  409. - added Budapest (761) as a new state split from Northern Hungary (43)
  410. - added Gyor (762) as a new state split from Transdanubia (155)
  411. - added Sagaing (765) and Shan (766) as new states split from Mandalay (640)
  412. - added Tenasserim (763) and Arakan (764) as new states split from Burma (288)
  413. - moved some provinces from Burma (288) to Mandalay (640)
  414. - added Chiang Mai (767), Isan (768) and Tanawsri (769) as new states split from Siam (289)
  415. - moved some provinces from Siam (289) to Northern Malay (724)
  416. - added 1 civilian factory to Mandalay (640) in 1936
  417. - added a supply area (374)
  418. - added a level 2 naval base to Arakan (764)
  419. - added a level 2 naval base to Danzig (85)
  420. - added a number of new VPs across Central and Eastern Europe (WIP; more will be added in later updates)
  421. - added some new provinces to tidy up the Caprivi strip, Aleppo, Hatay, and the Oder-Neisse line
  422. - added building map GFX for Hatay (743), Orkney (744), North Dobruja (745) and Kwantung (746)
  423. - added 12 steel to Sudetenland (69)
  424. - added the 1.3.3 rubber changes in Africa
  425. - added Armor Production continuous focus: provides -10% production cost bonus for light, medium, modern, heavy and super-heavy tank equipment
  426. - added CZE as an integrated puppet and member of the Axis in 1939
  427. - added cosmetic tags for the Iberian Soviet Republic and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
  428. - added PRC theorist: Mao Zedong (Mass Assault Expert)
  429. - added RAJ tank designer: Vickers-Armstrongs (Light tank designer)
  430. - added SPR political advisor: Julián Besteiro (Democratic Reformer)
  431. - added SPR political advisor: Ramón Serrano Suñer (Fascist Demagogue)
  432. - added the Graf Zeppelin to the GER production queue in the 1939 scenario
  433. - added an ai_strategy entry for GER to tone down its naval buildup after 1939 unless/until SOV is either defeated or in the Axis, and GER is at war with ENG or USA
  434. - all examples of Vickers-Armstrongs are now light tank designers (BEL, CAN, ENG, RAJ)
  435. - all examples of Renault are now heavy tank designers (BEL, FRA)
  436. - CAS: nerfed air-ground attack from 10/15/20 to 6/12/18
  437. - TAC: nerfed air-ground attack from 6/9/15 to 4/8/12; buffed strategic bombing attack from 12/14/16 to 20/25/30
  438. - replaced RAJ political advisor Subhas Chandra Bose (Fascist Demagogue) with Rash Behari Bose (Fascist Demagogue)
  439. - changed RAJ political advisor Subhas Chandra Bose from a Fascist Demagogue to an Ideological Crusader [if TfV is enabled, requires RAJ Swaraj focus]
  440. - reworked FRA focus Annex Belgium as The Dyle Plan; now makes BEL a puppet of FRA rather than annexing them outright (more realistic, less OP)
  441. - switched Absorb the Legion and Raise the Colonials in the FRA focus tree
  442. - FRA Char de Bataille focus will now also unlock Radio technology if it isn't already
  443. - FRA Absorb the Legion focus will now add a unique tech called Legionary Training; provides INF/MOT/MEC with +5% attack and +10% movement in desert terrain
  444. - FRA Grande Armée focus: removed +25 army experience bonus; increased world tension from 2 to 5; now also unlocks Jean de Lattre de Tassigny as a military high command (removed from FRA Revise Versailles focus)
  445. - FRA idea Protected by the Maginot Line: now removed with FRA The Dyle Plan rather than FRA Aggressive Focus
  446. - FRA idea Nationalized Aircraft Industries: now affects fighters, CAS and NAV (and carrier variants) rather than fighters and TAC
  447. - ENG ideas Fighter Command Production and Bomber Command Production: now also affects jet variants
  448. - buffed the Tizard tech sharing group; now also includes rocketry, jet and nuclear technology
  449. - ENG Commonwealth Ties focus now uses a dynamic trigger for targeting suitable countries
  450. - SAF Secure Interests in Africa focus will now transfer suzerainty of KEN and/or RHO if they are subjects of ENG
  451. - SOV Reconcile Japan focus will now also give JAP a core on North Sakhalin (655), remove SOV's core, and create a non-aggression pact
  452. - GER now begins with 1938 Fleet Carrier tech in 1939
  453. - GER now begins with 1940 Naval Bomber tech in 1939
  454. - GER now begins with 1940 Tactical Bomber tech in 1939
  455. - SPR (Nationalist) is now correctly yellow in 1939
  456. - changed the color of SOV; now uses a cosmetic tag by default to make it red, but becoming fascist or democratic will revert to green
  457. - changed the required army manpower triggers for GER focuses to be AI-only
  458. - HAI now uses African generic leader GFX rather than South American
  459. - TUR now uses South American minister GFX rather than European
  460. - SOV AI will now be much more likely to research Collectivist Propaganda if Trotsky is in power
  461. - SOV AI will now be much more likely to research Positive Heroism if Stalin is in power
  462. - updated the new SOV Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact events to include Zaolzie (72) if it is controlled by SOV
  463. - fixed a potential issue with the GER Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact trigger if Trotsky was leader of SOV
  464. - fixed some new (!) vanilla bugs/typos in the ai_strategy and ai_peace files
  465. - fixed some TfV idea icons not displaying (the game was using generic icons as a fallback)
  466. - fixed a bug in which certain generic political advisors would not have an icon
  467. - the AI should now be much more likely to only build ships of the latest techs it has researched
  468. - tweaked some infrastructure and synthetic refinery-related focuses for GER, JAP and USA
  469. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for FRA
  470. - tweaked the political parties' popularity for FRA in 1936 and 1939
  471. - misc. province terrain tweaks
  472. - misc. fixes, tweaks and additions to provinces.bmp and rivers.bmp
  473. - misc. database tweaks and fixes
  474. - misc. leader changes & tweaks for BUL, GRE, SER and YUG
  475. - misc. syntax and trigger improvements
  476. - misc. localization improvements
  477.  
  478. v1.21b
  479.  
  480. - added some ai_strategy entries for SOV to stop sending volunteers to CHI/PRC once it has launched Operation Zet [should buff JAP a bit]
  481. - reverted the GER Around Maginot and Operation Weserübung focus wargoals to declarations of war
  482. - improved the GER Danzig or War trigger slightly
  483. - JAP Super-Heavy Battleships focus will now also unlock Super-Heavy Battleship I technology if it isn't already
  484. - fixed an issue with Trotsky and the SOV NKVD Primacy/Rehabilitated Military focus triggers
  485. - fixed an issue with Hatay (743), Orkney (744), North Dobruja (745) and Kwantung (746) not having air base icons
  486.  
  487. v1.21 "Italo Balbo and the Amerikabombers"
  488.  
  489. - added an in-game mod logo, courtesy of Acinonyx
  490. - added some more news events
  491. - added an event for the overthrow of Mussolini by Italo Balbo if the ITA-ETH war is lost
  492. - added an event for the occupation of Greenland
  493. - added a small event chain for the Government of India Act 1935
  494. - added a small event chain for Italian intervention in the SCW
  495. - added 2 new generals for ETH
  496. - added GER focuses: Uralbomber Project and Amerikabomber Project
  497. - added ITA focus: Masters of Iberia
  498. - added JAP focus: Modern Fleet Logistics
  499. - re-added ENG focus: Cede Newfoundland (removed in v1.19)
  500. - added Burma (BUR), complete with leaders, flags and name lists
  501. - added techs: Intercontinental Bomber, Jet Strategic Bomber II, Jet Heavy Fighter I, and Jet Heavy Fighter II
  502. - added some new jet plane tech icons, courtesy of tom_jones
  503. - added an ai_strategy entry for the Allies to be less likely to do naval invasions of GER before 1944 when in Historical Mode
  504. - added a number of misc. ai_strategy entries for various alliance, wargoal and volunteer/intervention focuses
  505. - added a new set of flags for SLO
  506. - added communist, fascist and neutrality flags for RHO and NFL
  507. - added a cosmetic tag for the Italian Social Republic
  508. - added a number of new event photos, courtesy of Axe99
  509. - added unique unlocked division template names for POL (i.e. Marines, Mechanized, etc.)
  510. - added BEL idea: Victors of the Great War, which provides -25% recruitable population factor and +50% land doctrine research time (removed when BEL is either at war or communist/fascist)
  511. - added JAP idea: Imperial Fleet Train, which provides +20% naval operational range for screens, submarines, capital ships, and carriers (activated by Modern Fleet Logistics focus)
  512. - moved some air and naval focuses around on the GER focus tree; general aesthetic and layout improvements
  513. - reworked GER focus Naval Air Effort as Naval Bombers; moved to naval tree
  514. - ENG Commonwealth Ties focus will now also target BUR if it exists and is allied with ENG
  515. - CAN Demand Labrador and Newfoundland focus now has improved triggers and effects; can target either ENG, or NFL if it exists
  516. - ITA Support Nationalist Spain focus is now available earlier; will now fire an event for ITA, providing three possible options for sending support to SPR
  517. - GER Anschluss focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for mountaineers and add Julius Ringel as a general (removed as a starting general)
  518. - GER Industrial Effort focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for construction
  519. - GER Industrial Effort II focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for construction
  520. - GER The Four Year Plan focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for synthetics
  521. - GER Air Innovations II focus will now also provide 1x 50% research bonus for jet technology
  522. - GER Treaty with the USSR focus will now bypass if GER Tripartite Pact has been researched
  523. - JAP War with China focus will now also provide 150 political power
  524. - JAP Naval Base Expansion focus will now also add a level 2 naval base to Truk (757)
  525. - JAP Indian National Army and Operation 'C' focuses now take BUR into account if it exists
  526. - POL Modernizing the Cavalry focus will now also unlock the Grupa Pancerna template and deploy a free tank division in Kielce (90)
  527. - SOV Demand Eastern Poland focus will now bypass if POL is at war with GER; SOV AI will not research it until 1940 when in Historical Mode
  528. - SOV Rehabilitated Military and NKVD Primacy focuses now require SOV to have fought a war since the Great Purge
  529. - SOV Lessons of War focus now requires SOV to be at war with one of the other major powers
  530. - SOV Support Chinese Communists and Support Chinese Nationalists focuses now require SOV to have sent volunteers to PRC or CHI respectively
  531. - RAJ Provincial Elections focus will now actually enable elections (and hold one) rather than raise autonomy and provide 150 political power
  532. - FRA event The Remilitarization of the Rhineland (French Response) will no longer fire if FRA and GER are allied when GER re-enters the Rhineland
  533. - ITA events The Fall of Mussolini and The King Takes Control can now involve Italo Balbo (if he survives) and Emilio De Bono
  534. - GER and JAP AI should now be more likely to pick the War Economy law earlier, and the Closed Economy law after 1942 if at war with SOV or USA
  535. - SOV AI should now be more likely to pick Kliment Voroshilov as a chief of army
  536. - RHO now has the Early Mobilization law in 1939, rather than Civilian Economy (consistent with the other UK dominions)
  537. - changed FRA chief of army Alphonse Georges from an Army Organization Specialist to an Army Organization Expert
  538. - changed FRA theorist Philippe Pétain from a Mass Assault Expert to a Grand Battle Plan Expert
  539. - changed USA military high command Jimmy Doolittle from a Strategic Bombing Expert to a Strategic Bombing Genius
  540. - major wargoal focuses are now dynamic; they will always generate wargoals for the player, but most will auto-declare war for the AI
  541. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER, ITA and JAP
  542. - tweaked the GER Triumph in France event so that ITA or SPR will not be penalized if they have already conquered southern France
  543. - removed a strait in the Baltic
  544. - added two missing submarines to SPR in 1939; removed from ITA in 1936 and 1939
  545. - buffed SPR (Republican) OOB in the SCW
  546. - buffed the Blitzkrieg! timed idea
  547. - buffed the For the Emperor! timed idea
  548. - buffed the Yamato Project idea production cost modifier from -10% to -20%
  549. - downgraded RHO from a dominion to a colony
  550. - corrected a political party name for RHO
  551. - added a UK cosmetic tag name list for RHO
  552. - added BUR as a colony and member of the Allies in 1939
  553. - transferred Aden (659) and Socotra (760) from ENG to RAJ in the 1936 scenario
  554. - transferred Burma (288) and Mandalay (640) from RAJ to BUR in the 1939 scenario
  555. - added 1 civilian factory to Burma (288) in 1939
  556. - added 1 military factory to Burma (288) in 1939
  557. - transferred 1 division from ENG to RAJ in the 1936 scenario
  558. - transferred 2 divisions from RAJ to BUR in the 1939 scenario
  559. - transferred 48 CAS from ENG to RAJ in the 1939 scenario
  560. - lowered the national unity of HOL, INS and PHI
  561. - the FRA, ITA, SAF and SOV civil war intervention focuses will now raise world tension a bit
  562. - tweaked the world tension generated at the start of the 1939 scenario so that ITA and JAP have contributed more, rather than all from GER
  563. - tweaked the completed national focuses for GER, POL, RAJ and SOV in the 1939 scenario
  564. - tweaked some naval focus requirements for FRA, GER and JAP
  565. - tweaked, improved and reworked several national focus and event triggers
  566. - tidied up some 1936 and 1939 bookmark data
  567. - added the Arrogant Turncoat trait for Chiang Kai-shek (-25% planning speed, -25% army experience gain)
  568. - added the ??? trait for ??? (it's a secret, just Sioux you know)
  569. - fixed some potential RHO/ZIM issues; updated SAF's national focus and event files to take Nyasaland (754) and Northern Rhodesia (755) into account
  570. - fixed some generic minister icon and naming issues for minors
  571. - fixed a bug in which the 'Guard Coastline' garrison order was not working correctly due to some old fort-related defines tweaks
  572. - fixed a bug in which a hidden SCW world tension reduction event would fire at the start of the 1939 scenario
  573. - fixed a bug in which Georgia (365), Alabama (367) and Mississippi (370) were missing from the USA Coastal Artillery Forts focus
  574. - fixed a vanilla bug in which ENG could research several intervention focuses even if those countries had previously capitulated
  575. - fixed a vanilla bug in which ships built by HOL had the wrong naming prefix
  576. - fixed a vanilla bug in which a typo in songs.txt was causing certain songs not to play when intended
  577. - fixed some vanilla bugs/typos in the ai_strategy files
  578. - misc. leader trait tweaks for CAN
  579. - misc. OOB tweaks for ITA and SPR
  580. - misc. database tweaks and fixes
  581. - misc. syntax and trigger improvements
  582. - misc. localization improvements
  583.  
  584. v1.2b
  585.  
  586. - added Koblenz as a VP
  587. - added 3 new generals for GER
  588. - added 1 new general for JAP
  589. - added 1 new admiral for JAP
  590. - added 1 new admiral for ENG
  591. - added GER timed idea: Blitzkrieg!, which provides a variety of combat bonuses for 100 days (activated by War with the USSR focus)
  592. - GER Around Maginot focus will now also give GER a core on Luxembourg (8)
  593. - GER Demand Slovenia focus will now also give GER a core on Slovenia (102)
  594. - removed a GER AI event that should no longer be needed
  595. - added MAN to the Japanese custom difficulty slider, alongside JAP and MEN
  596. - added a new political party name for Free France
  597. - tweaked the surrender progress trigger for the ITA event Italian Defeat in Abyssinia; added a custom tooltip to show that De Bono will be dismissed
  598. - tweaked some of the traits for Edward VIII; if he refuses to abdicate, the British Stoicism idelogical drift defense bonus is reduced from 50% to 20%
  599. - increased GER and USA AI air production slightly
  600. - increased JAP and USA AI convoy production considerably
  601. - increased manpower gained from some of the later conscription laws
  602. - added an ai_strategy entry for GER to generally ignore JAP until it takes the Befriend Japan focus
  603. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
  604. - renamed a number of .GFX files so that the engine always loads them after associated DLC file structures
  605. - fixed a bug in which certain conscription law requirement tooltips were not being displayed for AST, CAN and RAJ
  606. - fixed a vanilla bug in which INS was using an English generic name list, rather than Dutch
  607. - fixed a vanilla bug in which SPR had some military high commands without minister portraits
  608. - fixed the name of a Japanese VP: Asahikawa, rather than Asahigawa
  609. - various minor localization fixes and tweaks for POL and SOV
  610. - misc. database tweaks and fixes
  611. - misc. localization improvements
  612. - misc. ai_strategy and production tweaks and additions for FRA, GER, JAP and USA
  613.  
  614. v1.2 "The Disastrous Hindenburg Update"
  615.  
  616. - added some more news events
  617. - added events for Octavian Goga and Carol II's royal coup
  618. - added events for the New Zealand Division
  619. - added another event for the Destroyers for Bases Agreement
  620. - added ENG focus: Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
  621. - added NZL focus: New Air Bases
  622. - added USA focuses: Motorize the Army and Army Maneuvers
  623. - added Zeppelin tech (1933) as the initial tech in the strategic bomber tree; much slower and weaker than proper strategic bombers [unique 3D models, animations and sounds will be added later]
  624. - ENG, FRA, GER, ITA, SOV and USA now begin with Zeppelin tech in 1936
  625. - added a small event chain for a white peace between ITA and ETH if ETH is doing well
  626. - added a secret event for ???
  627. - added 5 new generals for USA
  628. - added 2 new generals for GER
  629. - added 2 new generals for ENG
  630. - added 3 new admirals for ENG
  631. - added 1 new general for CAN
  632. - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
  633. - added unique leader portraits for Earl Browder and Shenton Thomas by Retroliser
  634. - added some new design company icons, courtesy of Jay dey Long
  635. - added some new zeppelin and jet plane tech icons for ENG, GER, ITA, JAP, SOV and USA, courtesy of tom_jones
  636. - added cosmetic tags for Free France, Vichy France, the Franco-British Union, Strasserist Germany, Solidarist Russia, the People's Republic of China, and ???
  637. - added a new set of flags for HUN
  638. - added a more accurate communist flag for SOV
  639. - added a number of new event photos
  640. - added PRC idea: Legacy of the Long March, which provides +10% division speed and -5% supply consumption
  641. - added FRA design company: Panhard (Support Equipment Designer)
  642. - added GER design company: Hanomag (Support Equipment Designer)
  643. - added ITA design company: Oto Melara (Support Equipment Designer)
  644. - added JAP design company: Toyo Kogyo (Support Equipment Designer)
  645. - added SOV design company: ZiS (Support Equipment Designer)
  646. - added USA design company: General Motors (Support Equipment Designer)
  647. - added generic aircraft, refinery and support equipment idea types for minors
  648. - added, improved and edited a large number of strategic regions and supply areas
  649. - added Wadi Halfa (753) as a new state split from Western Desert (552)
  650. - added Nyasaland (754) and Northern Rhodesia (755) as new states split from Rhodesia (545)
  651. - added Sarawak (756) as a new state split from North Borneo (333)
  652. - added Truk (757) as a new state split from Caroline Islands (684)
  653. - added Penang (758) and Central Malaya (759) as new states split from Singapore (336)
  654. - added Socotra (760) as a new state split from Aden (659)
  655. - added a strait in Pechora (262) to help resolve an AI naval invasion issue
  656. - added the Caprivi strip in South-West Africa
  657. - added the Göta Canal in Sweden
  658. - added a level 3 naval base to Penang (758)
  659. - split the province of Gibraltar so that it is smaller and doesn't border the Atlantic coast
  660. - removed a couple of straits between Malaya and Sumatra
  661. - moved Trier VP to the correct province
  662. - moved Kuching VP to the correct province
  663. - added Mainz, Presov, Uzhorod, Brunei Town, George Town, Nairobi, Tananarive, Lusaka, Djibouti, Lobatse, Sandakan, Berbera, Lilongwe, and Kampala as VPs
  664. - removed 4 rubber from Uganda (548)
  665. - added 5 rubber to Nigeria (558)
  666. - added 6 rubber to Gabon (539)
  667. - raised the field marshal division cap from 48 to 72 [primarily as the AI is currently unable to recognize the cap]
  668. - GER idea German Air Innovations: now provides +20% ace generation chance rather than +10% Battlefield Support Doctrine research speed bonus
  669. - HUN idea Legacy of Trianon: now provides +50 fascism acceptance, rather than +25 for both fascism and communism
  670. - GER Wunderwaffe focus will now also provide 50% research bonuses for fighters and jet technology [still limited to 3x]
  671. - GER AI will now research Operation Weserübung before Around Maginot when in Historical Mode
  672. - GER event Military Coup Against Nazi Regime will now also remove Walter Model and Ferdinand Schörner as generals
  673. - ITA Extra Research Slot II can now be researched earlier but requires > 75 factories
  674. - AST SWPA Protector focus now also requires AST The Singapore Strategy focus and AST ownership of the Malay Peninsula
  675. - NZL Transfer the New Zealand Division focus will now fire an event for ENG, providing three possible options for sending naval support to NZL
  676. - USA Destroyers for Bases focus will now actually transfer the historical destroyers to ENG and CAN, rather than load new OOB files with ships that may not exist
  677. - JAP Consolidate Gains focus will now target the states of Singapore, Penang, Central Malaya, North Borneo, and Sarawak
  678. - JAP Axis Technology Sharing focus will now also provide 3x 50% research bonuses for infantry weapons, anti-tank, synthetics and nuclear technology
  679. - ENG Establish the BEF focus will now bypass if FRA has either capitulated, is at war with ENG, or is not the same ideology as ENG
  680. - ITA Marines and Landing Craft focus will now also unlock Junio Valerio Borghese as a military high command
  681. - USA Air Support focus will now also unlock John K. Cannon as a military high command
  682. - USA Strategic Bombing focus will now also unlock Jimmy Doolittle as a military high command
  683. - USA Tactical Bombing focus will now also unlock Claire Lee Chennault as a military high command
  684. - USA Expand the USMC focus will now also unlock Thomas C. Kinkaid as a military high command
  685. - USA Amphibious Operations focus will now also unlock Frederick J. Horne as a military high command
  686. - USA Bureau of Ships focus will now also unlock Raymond A. Spruance as a military high command
  687. - USA Advanced Mahanian Doctrine focus will now also unlock Frank Jack Fletcher as a military high command
  688. - USA Battleship Primacy focus will now also unlock William D. Leahy as a chief of navy
  689. - USA Carrier Primacy focus will now also unlock William Halsey, Jr. as a chief of navy
  690. - USA Army Maneuvers focus will now also unlock George Marshall as a chief of army
  691. - USA Motorize the Army focus will now also unlock Ford as an armament designer
  692. - added a number of new and missing custom tooltips for various events and focuses
  693. - added improved triggers and custom tooltips to a number of land/coastal fort focuses for AST, ENG, GER, JAP and USA
  694. - added EGY core on Sudan (549)
  695. - added the Somaliland Camel Corps to ENG in 1936 and 1939
  696. - added the Destroyers for Bases destroyers to USA in 1936
  697. - ITA Divisione di Fanteria division template now begins with Support Artillery rather than Engineers
  698. - changed the colors of LBA, NFL and YEM
  699. - standardized the colors of BOL, CHI and JAP as RGB rather than HSV
  700. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER, NZL and USA
  701. - tweaked some more of the AI's preferred division template sizes and types
  702. - tweaked some sea provinces for a few islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans
  703. - reduced naval supremacy required for invasions from 90% to 80%
  704. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus and event triggers
  705. - tweaked some of the USA air and naval focuses [general balance]
  706. - tweaked the political party names for GER, HUN, ROM and SOV
  707. - tweaked skill levels for a few ITA generals
  708. - changed ITA Junio Valerio Borghese from an admiral to a general; added unique portrait
  709. - improved the trigger for the USA Destroyers for Bases event; a strong ENG with lots of destroyers will now be likely to reject the offer
  710. - various political tweaks to ROM in 1936 and 1939
  711. - removed the USA Air War Plans Division and Bureau of Ships ideas; replaced with associated tech bonuses
  712. - fixed a vanilla bug in which one of AST's political advisors was unlocked with the wrong focus
  713. - fixed a vanilla bug in which one of CAN's generals wasn't using his full (correct) name
  714. - fixed a vanilla bug in which one of CAN's generals was assigned a generic leader portrait, despite having a unique one added in TfV
  715. - fixed a vanilla bug in which events for SOV claims on Bessarabia and the Baltic would fire even if the associated focuses had not been researched
  716. - fixed a vanilla bug in which a CHI event would transfer Manchuria to PRC even if it was controlled by CHI or other Nationalist forces
  717. - fixed a vanilla bug in which mechanized tech did not show on the UI that it unlocks a new subunit type
  718. - fixed a couple of vanilla ENG minister portraits having the wrong color uniform
  719. - fixed a number of vanilla bugs in rivers.bmp, which meant several rivers in Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Argentina, Suriname, the Congo and China were missing
  720. - misc. database tweaks and fixes
  721. - misc. map tweaks and pixel fixes
  722. - misc. OOB tweaks for ENG, ITA and USA
  723. - misc. ai_strategy and production tweaks and additions, e.g. buffing GER emphasis on air units
  724. - misc. syntax improvements and bugfixes
  725. - misc. localization improvements
  726.  
  727. v1.19b
  728.  
  729. - ENG General Rearmament focus will now also unlock Motorized technology if it isn't already
  730. - ITA AI will no longer research the Befriend Japan focus when in Historical Mode
  731. - standardized the cost of AST and CAN ministers to 150 political power
  732. - fixed some trigger issues with some of the Rhineland and Munich events
  733. - misc. database tweaks
  734. - misc. localization improvements
  735.  
  736. v1.19 "Together for Compatibility"
  737.  
  738. - general compatibility work for TfV and the 1.3 Torch update
  739. - added a news event
  740. - added 3 new generals for FRA
  741. - added 3 new generals for MAN
  742. - added 2 new generals for SOV
  743. - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
  744. - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
  745. - added some missing Great War tank tech icons for ITA, JAP, SOV and USA, courtesy of tom_jones
  746. - added some new infantry and MOT/MEC tech icons for ENG, FRA, ITA, RAJ and USA, courtesy of tom_jones
  747. - added unique leader portraits for Thomas E. Dewey and Alf Landon by tom_jones
  748. - added RHO as a dominion and member of the Allies in 1936 and 1939
  749. - added RHO idea: Rhodesian Air Training Group, which provides +15% air experience factor and +25% ace generation chance
  750. - added RHO idea: History of Segregation, which provides -40% recruitable population factor [removed if RHO is communist]
  751. - removed MAL in 1936 and 1939 [still exists as a revolter]
  752. - added ENG focuses: Maunsell Forts and Develop Rhodesia
  753. - added FRA focuses: Enact Socialist Reforms and Soviet Work Ethic
  754. - added AST focus: Conclude the Emu War
  755. - removed ENG focuses: Committee of Imperial Defence, Gurkhas & Chindits, and Cede Newfoundland [obsolete due to new DLC focus trees]
  756. - added ENG design company: Leyland Motors (Support Equipment Designer)
  757. - added ENG political advisor: Guy Maunsell (Fortification Engineer)
  758. - added FRA chief of army: Alphonse Juin (Army Maneuver Expert)
  759. - added FRA chief of navy: Georges Durand-Viel (Naval Maneuver Specialist)
  760. - added FRA chief of air: Bertrand Pujo (Old Guard)
  761. - added GER chief of air: Hans Jeschonnek (Air Safety Expert)
  762. - added JAP chief of army: Toshizo Nishio (Army Organization Genius)
  763. - added JAP chief of air: Shinno Takahito (Air Reform Specialist)
  764. - added ITA chief of army: Umberto di Savoia (Army Organization Specialist)
  765. - added ITA chief of air: Pier Ruggero Piccio (Night Operations Specialist)
  766. - added AST theorist: Thomas Blamey (Military Theorist)
  767. - added ITA theorist: Guglielmo Nasi (Military Theorist)
  768. - added ITA theorist: Umberto Nobile (Victory Through Airpower)
  769. - added SOV theorist: Alexander Svechin (Grand Battle Plan Expert)
  770. - added JAP military high command: Kitsuju Ayabe (Cavalry Expert)
  771. - added SOV military high command: Grigory Kulik (Artillery Specialist)
  772. - added SOV military high command: Semyon Budyonny (Cavalry Specialist)
  773. - added SOV military high command: Nikolai Vatutin (Army Logistics Expert)
  774. - added RAJ military high command: Orde Wingate (Commando Genius) [if TfV is enabled, requires RAJ Chindits focus]
  775. - replaced ENG military high command Orde Wingate (Commando Genius) with Frederick Browning (Airborne Assault Specialist)
  776. - replaced FRA military high command André-Gaston Prételat (Entrenchment Expert) with Frédéric Geille (Airborne Assault Expert)
  777. - removed CAN theorist: Tasker Cook [duplicate, and incorrect anyway]
  778. - removed RAJ chief of army: Archibald Wavell [ENG duplicate]
  779. - removed RAJ chief of navy: Louis Mountbatten [ENG duplicate]
  780. - changed ENG political advisor David Lloyd George from an Ideological Crusader to a Democratic Reformer [Attlee removed as he can become PM]
  781. - changed ENG military high command Trafford Leigh-Mallory from a Close Air Support Expert to a Bomber Interception Expert
  782. - changed GER theorist Walther Wever from an Air Warfare Theorist to a Victory Through Airpower
  783. - changed ITA political advisor Paolo Thaon di Revel from a Quartermaster General to a chief of navy (Naval Maneuver Specialist)
  784. - replaced ITA political advisor Paolo Thaon di Revel (Quartermaster General) with Cesare Maria De Vecchi (Quartermaster General)
  785. - Air Production continuous focus: added missing plane types; reduced production cost bonus from -20% to -10%
  786. - Naval Production continuous focus: reduced production cost bonus from -20% to -10%
  787. - Army Training continuous focus: reduced division training time bonus from -25% to -10%
  788. - Construction Engineering continuous focus: removed land/coastal forts and anti-air; reduced construction speed bonus from +20% to +10%
  789. - Construction Repair continuous focus: reduced factory repair speed bonus from +50% to +25%
  790. - changed the color of KOR
  791. - reduced manpower gained from non-core (colonial) states from 10% to 5%
  792. - rebalanced the bonuses provided by the Dispersed and Integrated branches of the Superior Firepower doctrine
  793. - added the missing 1a Divisione 'Trento' to ITA in 1936
  794. - added a level 2 naval base and 1 coastal fort to Nanning (594)
  795. - ENG Parachute Regiment focus will now also unlock Frederick Browning as a military high command
  796. - FRA Aggressive Focus focus will now also unlock Alphonse Juin as a chief of army
  797. - FRA Defensive Focus focus will now also unlock Alphonse Georges as a chief of army
  798. - GER Trade Interdiction focus will now unlock Viktor Schütze as a military high command rather than Alfred Saalwächter
  799. - GER Tactical Air Effort focus will now also unlock Wolfram von Richthofen as a theorist
  800. - GER Strategic Air Effort focus will now also unlock Walther Wever as a theorist
  801. - JAP Army Innovations focus will now also unlock Toshizo Nishio as a chief of army
  802. - JAP Naval Innovations focus will now also unlock Isoroku Yamamoto as a chief of navy
  803. - NZL Transfer the New Zealand Division focus will now provide some alternative bonuses rather than transfer two CLs from ENG to NZL [temporarily removed due to engine bug]
  804. - NZL National Defense Institute focus will now provide 3x 50% research bonuses for electronics, RADAR and rocketry tech, rather than an extra research slot
  805. - AI NZL now has a decent chance of accepting annexation by AST if certain conditions are met
  806. - reworked ITA focus Secure Austria as Claims on Austria
  807. - reworked the ITA Treaty with Germany and JAP Axis Technology Sharing focuses to take into account the new technology sharing system
  808. - ITA Italy First focus will now also add AUS to your faction if certain criteria are met
  809. - GER Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact focus now requires Stalin to be in power and will cancel if Trotsky comes to power
  810. - USA Pax Americana focus now requires the Great Depression idea to have been removed
  811. - SOV now begins with the Paralyzed Military idea, which provides -50% army morale and a daily political power cost malus of 0.25 [removed with NKVD Primacy OR Rehabilitated Military focuses]
  812. - the CHI Chinese Popular Front event will now also fire for SIK, who can join if they wish [default option is 100% no; 25% yes if not playing Historical mode]
  813. - the SOV Trotsykist Coup event will now also purge Kulik, Budyonny and Vatutin
  814. - the SOV Secret Trial of the Generals event will now also purge Svechin
  815. - improved some of the triggers and AI factors for the Rhineland and Munich events so that e.g. the Little Entente will no longer collapse
  816. - a number of ITA and JAP claims and declaration of war focuses will now raise world tension a bit
  817. - USA declaration of war focuses now require USA and target country to have different ideologies
  818. - SOV now has the Limited Conscription and Early Mobilization laws in 1936, rather than Volunteer Only and Civilian Economy [neither historically apply to SOV]
  819. - the AI will no longer choose the Total Mobilization law as it is often counter-productive for them to do so
  820. - the JAP Pearl Harbor Gambit event will now fire as soon as the required focus is underway
  821. - switched ENG theorists J.F.C. Fuller and B. H. Liddell Hart; restricted Fuller to fascism ideology
  822. - increased the base cost of pocket battleships from 5800 to 6800
  823. - added a division cap of 48 for field marshals
  824. - added various new focus tree icons [added in 1.3 but currently unused in vanilla]
  825. - added LIT core on Wilno (96)
  826. - expanded the selection of randomly generated ministers for minors
  827. - increased the effects of the Dutch Military Stagnation idea from -10% to -25%; also now applies to INS as well as HOL
  828. - increased INS's starting convoys from 25 to 80
  829. - removed all PAK starting cores; now added via the RAJ Two-Nation Theory focus [Pakistan was an artifical construct]
  830. - reverted ENG and USA starting research slots from 3 to 4
  831. - TAN and MON are now correctly puppets of SOV in 1936 and 1939
  832. - FRA no longer begins with 1936 Artillery tech in 1936
  833. - FRA now begins with 1936 Engineers tech in 1939
  834. - FRA National Mobilization idea now provides +10% army reinforcement rate rather than +10% army morale
  835. - changed mechanized tech years from 1941/1943/1945 to 1940/1942/1944 [vanilla 1.3 change]
  836. - changed naval tech years from 1922/1936/1940/1944 to 1922/1934/1938/1942
  837. - SOV can now access Extra Research Slot with either Collectivist Propaganda OR Positive Heroism
  838. - SOV Women in Aviation focus will now also provide +5% recruitable population factor and +15% ace generation chance
  839. - ENG Commonwealth Ties focus will now also remove a small amount of autonomy from each subject nation
  840. - added a number of new custom tooltips for various events and focuses
  841. - added a pair of AI events to reduce world tension after the Spanish Civil War and Sino-Japanese War have ended
  842. - removed a GER AI event that should no longer be needed
  843. - added a level 2 airbase to Rhodesia (545) in 1936
  844. - added 1 civilian factory to Rhodesia (545) in 1936
  845. - added 1 military factory to Rhodesia (545) in 1936
  846. - added a level 3 airbase to Shaanxi (622) in 1936
  847. - changed a number of country-specific focus modifiers to be dynamic e.g. fort and claim relation hits
  848. - removed Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann as an ace for GER in 1936 and 1939 [he was 14 years old in 1936!]
  849. - tweaked some of the ENG and GER air focuses
  850. - tweaked the SOV NKVD/Army branch focuses; each branch is now more balanced and interesting, and Lessons of War is more useful
  851. - tweaked the research bonuses for the Tizard Mission and GER-SOV R&D Treaty events
  852. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, ITA and SOV
  853. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG, FRA and SOV in the 1939 scenario
  854. - tweaked a few things in the RAJ focus file e.g. Assam Oil is now actually added to Assam (432)
  855. - fixed a vanilla bug in which AST creating its own faction would drag the USA in regardless of whether it was already in another faction
  856. - fixed a vanilla bug in which the NZL AI focus list was incorrectly assigned to ENG (!)
  857. - fixed a vanilla bug in which air casualties were absurdly low [temporary stopgap fix for an engine bug; not a 'proper' fix but should suffice until patched]
  858. - fixed various minor vanilla/TfV database bugs
  859. - fixed a few leader and minister name typos for RAJ
  860. - misc. leader trait tweaks for JAP and SOV
  861. - misc. database tweaks and some basic rebalancing/tidying up of stuff in the new focus trees
  862. - misc. OOB tweaks for FRA in 1939
  863. - misc. ai_strategy and production tweaks and additions
  864. - misc. syntax improvements and bugfixes
  865. - misc. localization improvements [including missing vanilla stuff from TfV]
  866.  
  867. v1.18c
  868.  
  869. - added 2 new generals for GER
  870. - added an updated Non-Violent Protest idea icon, courtesy of tom_jones
  871. - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
  872. - added 4 dockyards to Kanto (282) in 1939
  873. - added 3 dockyards to Taiwan (524) in 1939
  874. - added 3 dockyards to Chugoku (529) in 1939
  875. - added 5 dockyards to Osaka (531) in 1939
  876. - changed the colors of DDR and WGR
  877. - tweaked the research bonuses for the ITA-GER R&D Treaty events
  878. - tweaked some of the ITA and JAP Army branch focuses
  879. - misc. database tweaks
  880. - misc. localization improvements
  881.  
  882. v1.18b
  883.  
  884. - added a new Pocket Battleship tech icon, courtesy of Centerbe
  885. - reduced the AI build priority for pocket battleships
  886. - reworked JAP focus Army Motorization as Army Modernization [much more useful now as JAP already starts with MOT tech]
  887. - JAP Armor Innovations focus no longer requires the JAP Axis Leanings focus
  888. - ENG The Burma Road focus will now bypass if CHI is either in a faction with or is a puppet of JAP
  889. - FRA now has a Bataillon de Chars Lourds division template in 1936
  890. - tweaked the surrender progress trigger for the GER event Military Coup Against Nazi Regime
  891. - changed the required army manpower triggers for JAP and USA focuses to be AI-only
  892. - fixed a bug in which a couple of events relating to Tory PMs would fire even if Attlee was PM
  893. - misc. OOB tweaks for FRA [added a heavy tank division in 1936]
  894. - misc. leader trait tweaks for JAP
  895. - misc. database tweaks
  896. - misc. localization improvements
  897.  
  898. v1.18 "New Faces"
  899.  
  900. - added some more news events
  901. - added an event for the Blomberg–Fritsch affair
  902. - added GER focus: Enigma Cipher Program
  903. - added JAP focus: Renew British Alliance
  904. - added 2 new generals for ENG
  905. - added 3 new generals for FRA
  906. - added 1 new general for GER
  907. - added 2 new generals for ITA
  908. - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
  909. - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
  910. - added MEX political advisor: Leon Trotsky (Communist Revolutionary)
  911. - added FIN political advisor: Johan Fabritius (Fortification Engineer)
  912. - added JAP political advisor: Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Fortification Engineer)
  913. - added JAP political advisor: Fumimaro Konoe (Smooth-Talking Charmer)
  914. - added JAP political advisor: Naruhiko Higashikuni (Backroom Backstabber)
  915. - added JAP political advisor: Yosuke Matsuoka (Ideological Crusader)
  916. - added USA political advisor: William J. Donovan (Ideological Crusader)
  917. - added USA political advisor: J. Edgar Hoover (Backroom Backstabber)
  918. - added USA political advisor: Fritz Julius Kuhn (Prince of Terror)
  919. - added GER chief of army: Werner von Blomberg (Army Reform Specialist)
  920. - added JAP chief of army: Yoshijiro Umezu (Army Defense Expert)
  921. - added SOV chief of army: Leon Trotsky (Army Morale Expert)
  922. - added USA chief of army: Malin Craig (Army Reform Expert)
  923. - added USA chief of navy: William D. Leahy (Decisive Battle Specialist)
  924. - added USA chief of air: Hoyt Vandenberg (All-Weather Specialist)
  925. - added ENG chief of navy: Winston Churchill (Naval Reform Specialist)
  926. - added ENG chief of air: Arthur Tedder (Ground Support Expert)
  927. - added USA theorist: John J. Pershing (Grand Battle Plan Expert)
  928. - added USA theorist: Russell Willson (Grand Fleet Proponent)
  929. - added ENG military high command: Orde Wingate (Commando Genius)
  930. - added FRA military high command: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (Infantry Genius)
  931. - added FRA military high command: Pierre Billotte (Armor Specialist)
  932. - added GER military high command: Walter Model (Entrenchment Genius)
  933. - added GER military high command: Eduard Dietl (Commando Expert)
  934. - added ITA military high command: Ettore Bastico (Army Logistics Specialist)
  935. - added ITA military high command: Giulio Martinat (Commando Specialist)
  936. - added USA military high command: Jacob L. Devers (Armor Specialist)
  937. - added USA military high command: Harold L. George (Air Combat Training Expert)
  938. - added USA military high command: Frederick J. Horne (Fleet Logistics Expert)
  939. - changed GER military high command Viktor Schütze from an Anti-Submarine Specialist to a Submarines Expert
  940. - changed ITA chief of army Pietro Badoglio from an Army Morale Specialist to an Army Offense Specialist
  941. - changed ITA chief of air Rino Corso Fougier from an Air Combat Training Specialist to an Air Safety Expert
  942. - changed USA chief of army Douglas MacArthur from an Army Morale Expert to an Army Defense Expert
  943. - ENG Gurkhas & Chindits focus will now also unlock Orde Wingate as a military high command
  944. - FRA Revise Versailles focus will now also unlock Jean de Lattre de Tassigny as a military high command
  945. - FRA idea Fortification Focus: now provides +20% fort and anti-air construction speed, rather than just +10% fort
  946. - GER idea German Rocketry: now provides +50% guided missile operational range rather than +10% research speed bonus
  947. - GER Army Innovations II focus will now also add the Jerrycans idea, which provides -5% supply consumption
  948. - GER Ostwall focus will now also unlock Walter Model as a military high command
  949. - ITA Pact of Steel focus will now also unlock Roberto Farinacci as a political advisor
  950. - JAP Fortress Japan focus will now also unlock Yoshijiro Umezu as a chief of army
  951. - JAP Super-Heavy Battleships focus will now also add the Yamato Project idea, which provides -10% IC cost for SHBB building
  952. - USA Air War Plans Division focus will now also unlock Harold L. George as a military high command
  953. - USA Office of Strategic Services focus will now also unlock William J. Donovan as a political advisor
  954. - added an option for Winston Churchill in the ENG King Edward VIII Refuses To Step Aside event
  955. - added custom tooltips for the ITA Pact of Steel, JAP Consolidate Gains and JAP Develop Manchukuo focuses
  956. - added surrender progress triggers to the ENG The Flight of Sir Oswald Mosley, GER Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide, ITA The Fall of Mussolini and ITA The King Takes Control events
  957. - added an ai_strategy entry for GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN to generally ignore SOV
  958. - Italo Balbo will now also be removed as a general if he dies
  959. - fixed a bug in which Battlecruiser III and Battlecruiser IV tech were not linking to a required UI file
  960. - fixed a vanilla bug in which a couple of generic minister types were being assigned the wrong traits for several minors
  961. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER and JAP
  962. - tweaked a number of of the AI's preferred division template sizes and types
  963. - increased the minimum duration of naval battles from 12 to 18 hours
  964. - increased the base chance of naval critical hits from 10% to 20%
  965. - the AI should no longer attempt to replace all of its motorized divisions with mechanized ones (ruinously expensive and ultimately counter-productive)
  966. - the AI should no longer attempt to replace all of its light armor divisions with medium armor ones, but will instead wait until it has main battle tanks
  967. - misc. naval OOB tweaks and fixes for CHI, FRA, JAP and USA
  968. - misc. ideology requirement triggers for a number of ministers
  969. - misc. leader trait tweaks for ENG, FRA, ITA, JAP and USA
  970. - misc. database tweaks
  971. - misc. localization improvements
  972.  
  973. v1.17c
  974.  
  975. - added a news event
  976. - Cavalry now have +20% attack and +5% movement in plains and desert terrain
  977. - ENG Aircraft Production Group focus is now dynamic; provides either a fighter/CAS or tac/strat bomber cost reduction depending on which previous focus was chosen
  978. - removed the generic [Country] Pursues Nuclear Technology event from the generic focus tree (i.e. it will now only fire for the majors + POL)
  979. - changed SOV theorist Georgy Zhukov from a Mass Assault Expert to a chief of army (Army Offense Genius)
  980. - the GER The Return of Otto Strasser event will no longer fire when in Historical Mode
  981. - the SOV Solidarism: A New Beginning event will no longer fire when in Historical Mode
  982. - minor nations will no longer research the generic Nuclear Effort focus when in Historical Mode
  983. - buffed a few doctrinal research bonuses in the focus trees
  984. - improved the tooltip for the SOV Operation Zet focus
  985. - fixed another (!) vanilla bug with the trigger for the ENG Chamberlain Resigns event
  986. - misc. database tweaks
  987. - misc. localization improvements
  988.  
  989. v1.17b
  990.  
  991. - added a couple of news events
  992. - added some more focus tree and idea icons, courtesy of veBear
  993. - added ITA focus: Nuclear Effort
  994. - USA Manhattan Project focus now requires that USA be in a faction with ENG
  995. - the generic [Country] Pursues Nuclear Technology event will now fire for all 7 majors + POL when they research a nuclear focus, not just FRA (vanilla issue)
  996. - Paratroopers now have +10% attack and defense in forest terrain, +25% defense in urban terrain, and the same breakthrough factor as other special forces
  997. - changed Sato Tetsutaro's name to Tetsutaro Sato, so as to be consistent with the vanilla JAP naming scheme
  998. - renamed a couple of JAP focuses to resolve a vanilla issue in which Imperial Glory was the name of an unrelated focus and idea
  999. - tweaked a few Ideological Crusader ministers so that they are now restricted to their historical ideologies
  1000. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ITA
  1001. - fixed a vanilla bug in which the ENG Chamberlain Resigns event would fire even if ENG had changed ideology
  1002.  
  1003. v1.17 "Don't Say Yes To Rudolf Hess"
  1004.  
  1005. - added some more news events
  1006. - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
  1007. - added some new design company icons, courtesy of Jay dey Long
  1008. - added FRA focuses: Naval Dockyards, Colonial Naval Dockyards, and Nationalize Aircraft Industries
  1009. - added GER focuses: Befriend Iran and Secure Iraq
  1010. - added ITA focus: Colonial Workers
  1011. - added JAP focus: Armament Effort
  1012. - added new political advisor type: Hero Worker, which provides +5% factory output
  1013. - added SOV political advisor: Alexey Stakhanov (Hero Worker)
  1014. - added SOV political advisor: Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (War Industrialist)
  1015. - added SOV political advisor: Yury Pyatakov (Quartermaster General)
  1016. - added SOV political advisor: Lev Kamenev (Backroom Backstabber)
  1017. - added SOV political advisor: Leonid Serebryakov (Silent Workhorse)
  1018. - added SOV political advisor: Christian Rakovsky (Smooth-Talking Charmer)
  1019. - added YUG political advisor: Alija Sirotanovic (Hero Worker)
  1020. - added POL political advisor: Wincenty Pstrowski (Hero Worker)
  1021. - added CZE political advisor: Lumír Sakmar (Hero Worker)
  1022. - added GER political advisor: Alfred Rosenberg (Ideological Crusader)
  1023. - added GER political advisor: Franz von Papen (Compassionate Gentleman)
  1024. - added JAP theorist: Sato Tetsutaro (Grand Fleet Proponent)
  1025. - added JAP chief of navy: Kiyokazu Abo (Naval Maneuver Specialist)
  1026. - added JAP military high command: Nobumasa Suetsugu (Capital Ships Expert)
  1027. - added JAP military high command: Kantaro Suzuki (Screens Expert)
  1028. - added one new general for FRA
  1029. - added one new general for ITA
  1030. - SOV Positive Heroism focus will now also unlock Alexey Stakhanov as a hero worker
  1031. - SOV Socialism in One Country focus will now also unlock Vyacheslav Molotov as a smooth-talking charmer
  1032. - SOV Permanent Revolution focus will now also unlock Christian Rakovsky as a smooth-talking charmer
  1033. - SOV Rehabilitated Military focus will now also unlock Nikita Khrushchev as a prince of terror
  1034. - SOV NKVD Primacy focus will now also unlock Lavrentiy Beria as a prince of terror
  1035. - ENG General Rearmament focus will now also add Vickers-Armstrongs as a tank designer
  1036. - GER Trade Interdiction focus will now also unlock Alfred Saalwächter as a theorist
  1037. - ITA Prospect For Oil focus will now also unlock Agip as a synthetics designer
  1038. - FRA Secure Spain focus will now also remove SPR's Recovering From Civil War idea if it still has it and FRA is an alliance leader
  1039. - GER idea Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: now also provides +10% submarine attack and defense
  1040. - FRA idea Victors of the Great War: now also provides -25% army morale
  1041. - FRA idea Protected by the Maginot Line: now also provides -25% division speed; now removed with FRA Aggressive Focus rather than FRA Army of Aggression
  1042. - FRA idea Esprit de corps: now also provides -25% division training time
  1043. - FRA AI will no longer research the Army Reform focus until 1940 when in Historical Mode
  1044. - FRA AI will no longer research the Grande Armée focus when in Historical Mode
  1045. - ITA AI will no longer research the Go After Spain focus when in Historical Mode
  1046. - GER AI will no longer research the Alpenfestung focus when in Historical Mode; now also provides maximum anti-air in Oberbayern (52) and Niederbayern (53)
  1047. - GER AI will now sometimes split CZE with HUN (rather than forming SLO) in Historical Mode
  1048. - POL AI will no longer research the Intermarium focus when in Historical Mode
  1049. - changed JAP theorist Isoroku Yamamoto from a Naval Aviation Pioneer to a Naval Reform Genius (chief of navy)
  1050. - changed JAP military high command Soemu Toyoda from a Capital Ships Specialist to a Fleet Logistics Specialist
  1051. - reworked JAP focus Carrier Focus as Carrier Strike Focus; now also unlocks Shigeyoshi Inoue (theorist) and Fushimi Hiroyasu (chief of navy)
  1052. - reworked JAP focus Modern Battleship Focus as Decisive Battle Focus; now also unlocks Sato Tetsutaro (theorist) and Shigetaro Shimada (chief of navy)
  1053. - changed FRA chief of army Alphonse Georges from Army Maneuver Specialist to Army Organization Specialist
  1054. - replaced FRA political advisor Marcel Bucard (Prince of Terror) with Joseph Darnand (Prince of Terror)
  1055. - replaced SOV political advisor Nikita Khrushchev (Communist Revolutionary) with Grigory Zinoviev (Communist Revolutionary)
  1056. - changed SOV political advisor Nikita Khrushchev from a Communist Revolutionary to a Prince of Terror
  1057. - changed SOV political advisor Lavrentiy Beria from an Ideological Crusader to a Prince of Terror
  1058. - changed GER political advisor Rudolf Hess from a Compassionate Gentleman back to a Silent Workhorse
  1059. - changed GER design company Germaniawerft from an Atlantic Fleet Designer to an Escort Fleet Designer
  1060. - added GER design company: Deutsche Werke (Atlantic Fleet Designer)
  1061. - added GER design company: Kriegsmarinewerft (Pacific Fleet Designer)
  1062. - added ITA design company: Reggiane (Close Air Support Designer)
  1063. - added ITA design company: Olivetti (Electronics Designer)
  1064. - added ITA design company: Agip (Synthetics Designer)
  1065. - added 1 military factory to Algiers (459) in 1936
  1066. - added 1 military factory to Picardie (29) in 1936
  1067. - added 1 military factory to Alsace-Lorraine (28) in 1939
  1068. - removed 2 civilian factories from Latium (2) in 1936
  1069. - removed 3 military factories from Lombardy (159) in 1936
  1070. - removed 5 military factories from Piedmont (158) in 1936
  1071. - removed 3 military factories from Piedmont (158) in 1939
  1072. - removed ITA Modernized Artillery focus
  1073. - removed the Floating Fortress tech from the Base Strike Doctrine
  1074. - the SOV Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center event will now also allow Zinoviev, Preobrazhensky, Pyatakov, Kamenev and Serebryakov to be purged
  1075. - the SOV Trotsykist Coup event will now also purge Voznesensky and Molotov
  1076. - the ENG King Edward VIII Refuses To Step Aside event will now result in Lord Halifax replacing Stanley Baldwin as prime minister
  1077. - moved ITA's extra research slot focuses so that they are gated in a slightly more balanced way
  1078. - switched Mechanization Effort and Armor Effort in the generic focus tree
  1079. - Synthetics Designers now provide +10% resource gain efficiency rather than -5% industrial research time
  1080. - tweaked Hitler's portrait so he is now wearing an Iron Cross instead of a tie
  1081. - tweaked some of the GER naval focuses
  1082. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
  1083. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, FRA, GER, ITA, JAP and POL
  1084. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ITA and FRA in the 1939 scenario
  1085. - improved the tooltips for ministers/design companies added via focus
  1086. - fixed a vanilla bug/oversight in which a couple of navy chief ministers were mistakenly being used as military high command for DOM and NOR
  1087. - misc. database tweaks
  1088. - misc. localization improvements
  1089.  
  1090. v1.16c
  1091.  
  1092. - the CHI Chinese Popular Front event will now give MEN a core on Suiyuan (621)
  1093. - MEN now has a core on Suiyuan (621) in the 1939 scenario
  1094. - increased manpower gained from non-core (colonial) states from 2% to 10%
  1095. - renamed SOV chief of army Vasily Blücher to Vasily Blyukher
  1096. - changed the Hawaiian Division from a National Guard to an Infantry division type
  1097. - slightly increased the chance that Edward VIII will choose to abdicate
  1098. - fixed a vanilla bug in which certain infantry and motorized GFX wouldn't display properly due to referencing the wrong file paths
  1099. - fixed a vanilla bug in which the define for naval supremacy was bugged if set to 1.0
  1100.  
  1101. v1.16b
  1102.  
  1103. - added a news event
  1104. - added ENG focus: Cede Newfoundland
  1105. - FRA now gets +20% national unity if Vichy forms and de Gaulle becomes leader
  1106. - GER Anti-Comintern Pact focus will now target all non-aligned countries in Europe (if they meet the other requirements)
  1107. - SOV Free Association idea now provides -10% consumer goods factories, rather than -20%
  1108. - SOV The Great Purge focus can no longer be bypassed (removes some possible exploits)
  1109. - ENG Commonwealth Ties focus will now also target NFL and RHO if they exist and are allied with ENG
  1110. - generic Militarism idea now provides -5% consumer goods factories, rather than -10%
  1111. - removed a couple of GER AI events that should no longer be needed
  1112. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG
  1113. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG and USA in the 1939 scenario
  1114. - tweaked the text for the FRA Édouard Daladier Resigns event to remove the reference to Vichy (as the event won't fire if Vichy forms)
  1115. - updated the tooltip for ENG Establish the BEF to make clear that it will send divisions to FRA if she is allied with ENG and hasn't capitulated
  1116. - added a tooltip for ENG Indian Independence
  1117. - fixed a bug with flying ace callsigns
  1118. - fixed a vanilla bug in which the generic AI template was mixing up several anti-tank and artillery regiments and support companies
  1119. - misc. database tweaks
  1120. - misc. localization improvements
  1121.  
  1122. v1.16 "Blitzkrieg?"
  1123.  
  1124. - added some more news events
  1125. - added a surprise twist to an existing vanilla event
  1126. - added ENG focuses: Land Rearmament, Establish the BEF, Mobile Warfare, Static Warfare, and The Home Guard
  1127. - reworked ENG focus Royal Tank Regiment as Hobart's Funnies
  1128. - removed ENG Limited Naval Support focus (obsolete)
  1129. - added USA focus: Finish the Hoover Dam
  1130. - added Newfoundland (NFL) and Rhodesia (RHO), complete with leaders, flags and generic name lists
  1131. - added St. John's as a minor VP
  1132. - reworked the left-hand side of the ENG focus tree (new and reworked focuses; more interesting choices; pre-war naval rearmament is now more viable)
  1133. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, ITA, SOV and USA
  1134. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
  1135. - Vichy France will now form with Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon and Madagascar if FRA controlled those areas when it capitulated
  1136. - numerous AI defines and research focus tweaks; the AI should now be *slightly* more competent and less prone to repeat suicidal naval invasions
  1137. - increased combat width from 80/40 to 96/48
  1138. - reduced max number of leader combat traits from 6 to 3 (reasoning: stop trait spam; encourage use of a greater number of leaders)
  1139. - FRA Defensive Focus focus will now add Maxime Weygand as a chief of army rather than simply unlock him as an option (cost increased to 150 PP)
  1140. - FRA Aggressive Focus focus will now add Maurice Gamelin as a chief of army rather than simply unlock him as an option (cost increased to 150 PP)
  1141. - changed ITA political advisor Junio Valerio Borghese from an Armaments Organizer to an Amphibious Assault Genius
  1142. - added ITA political advisor: Gabriele D'Annunzio (Popular Figurehead)
  1143. - added ENG theorist: B. H. Liddell Hart (Blitzkrieg Theorist)
  1144. - added some historical flying ace names for the 7 majors, courtesy of Mannock
  1145. - EST, LAT and LIT will now be less likely to join the Axis as soon as they turn fascist
  1146. - NOR and YUG AI will no longer appoint their popular figurehead ministers
  1147. - GER Anschluss focus can now also be researched if AUS is fascist and in a faction with GER
  1148. - SOV AI will no longer research the New Soviet Man focus when in Historical Mode
  1149. - SOV AI will no longer research the Annex Tannu Tuva focus until 1944 when in Historical Mode
  1150. - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
  1151. - nukes will now deal much more damage to divisions
  1152. - countries with the generic focus tree will no longer research the Political Effort focus until 1939 when in Historical Mode
  1153. - changed the color of SLO
  1154. - added a number of new focus tree icons, courtesy of veBear and Wolferos (not used at present due to an engine bug which needs fixing)
  1155. - increased min division deployment training requirement from 20% to 50%; Forced Deployment tech reduces this to 25%
  1156. - the AI will no longer deploy divisions at under 100% equipment and training whilst at peace, or 100% equipment and 50% training whilst at war
  1157. - the AI will now prioritize upgrading a much larger percentage of its military equipment
  1158. - the AI will no longer stage naval invasions unless it has 100% naval superiority in that region
  1159. - the AI will now aim for divisions of 24 (INF, MNT, MOT), 18 (CAV, MAR, PAR, L-ARM, M-ARM) or 12 (MEC, H-ARM) width
  1160. - declaration of war focuses will now cancel if the country researching the focus capitulates
  1161. - increased the number of provinces required between point A and point B before the AI will consider using strategic redployment from 8 to 25 (result: less strategic deployment; stronger divisions)
  1162. - Motorized Designer tech teams now also provide a +10% research bonus to Mechanized techs, rather than just Motorized
  1163. - SPR Recovering From Civil War idea is now added via an on_action rather than an AI event for communist SPR (no change in effect, just a better way of doing it)
  1164. - ENG The Burma Road focus now also adds infrastructure and an air base to North Yunnan (748)
  1165. - made a couple more misc. tweaks to the ai_strategy entries
  1166. - fixed a bug in which Paul Reynaud would replace Charles de Gaulle as leader of FRA
  1167. - fixed a vanilla bug in which researching the GER Around Maginot focus would fire the wrong news event
  1168. - misc. database tweaks
  1169. - misc. localization improvements
  1170.  
  1171. v1.15c
  1172.  
  1173. - ITA Italy First focus no longer requires BUL to be in a position to join the faction, but BUL will still join if those requirements are met
  1174. - FRA AI will no longer research the Extend the Maginot Line focus when in Historical Mode
  1175. - added an AI event so that communist SPR now correctly receives the Recovering From Civil War idea (no idea why this doesn't work normally!)
  1176. - fixed another issue of an ai_strategy entry having a broken trigger due to bugged logic construction in vanilla (weird South American fascist goings on)
  1177. - made a couple of tweaks to AI defines so that the AI *should* no longer attack size >3 forts when in careful planning mode
  1178. - made a couple more misc. tweaks to the ai_strategy entries
  1179. - misc. database tweaks
  1180. - misc. localization improvements
  1181.  
  1182. v1.15b
  1183.  
  1184. - added a new icon for the RAJ Non-Violent Protest idea, courtesy of tom_jones
  1185. - removed YEM as a puppet of ENG
  1186. - ITA now guarantees YEM's independence
  1187. - increased the XP requirements for obtaining the Infantryman, Infiltration Expert, Entrencher, Cavalier and Master Gunner traits
  1188. - updated the tooltip for ITA Secure Austria to make clear that it will allow AUS to join ITA's faction
  1189. - fixed an issue with two ai_strategy entries having a broken trigger due to bugged logic construction in vanilla
  1190. - misc. database tweaks
  1191. - misc. localization improvements
  1192.  
  1193. v1.15 "Big Trouble in Little China"
  1194.  
  1195. - added some more news events
  1196. - added JAP focuses: Operation 'C' and Noborito Laboratory
  1197. - added SOV focuses: Support Chinese Communists, Support Chinese Nationalists, and Naval Infantry
  1198. - added ENG military high command: Hugh Trenchard (Strategic Bombing Genius)
  1199. - added ENG military high command: Percy Hobart (Armor Expert)
  1200. - BHU, NEP, OMA and YEM are now correctly puppets of ENG in 1936 and 1939
  1201. - replaced ENG political advisor Nevile Henderson (Backroom Backstabber) with Austen Chamberlain (Compassionate Gentleman)
  1202. - changed ENG political advisor Stafford Cripps from a Compassionate Gentleman to a Backroom Backstabber
  1203. - added one new general for GER
  1204. - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
  1205. - added strategic regions: Tibet (181), Inner Mongolia (182), and Kashmir (183)
  1206. - added states: Chamdo (747), North Yunnan (748), Wuhan (749), South Jiangxi (750), Gobi (751), and Western Mongolia (752)
  1207. - added 10 aluminium, 4 oil and 8 rubber to Sichuan (605)
  1208. - added a supply area (355)
  1209. - general border and population tweaks to a number of Chinese states and strategic regions as a result of various merges and splits
  1210. - transferred Hainan (591), Guangzhou (592), and Guangdong (593) from GXC to CHI in the 1936 scenario
  1211. - added/transferred some divisions to GXC and CHI in the 1936 scenario
  1212. - GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN now have their historical leaders as generals
  1213. - ITA focus Spanish-Italian Alliance will now remove SPR's Recovering From Civil War idea if SPR is fascist, rather than just add fascist influence
  1214. - SOV focus Permanent Revolution will now also remove SPR's Recovering From Civil War idea if SPR is communist
  1215. - SOV focus World Revolution now requires SOV War with Britain focus
  1216. - JAP Subdue the Warlords focus will now bypass if any of the warlord states are puppets of JAP
  1217. - opened up the SOV focus tree slightly; certain branches can now be accessed via alternative routes
  1218. - reworked SOV Operation Zet focus; now more historical, more useful, and available earlier
  1219. - numerous improvements to port and air base sizes and map positions for JAP
  1220. - JAP now has the Limited Exports and War Economy laws in 1939, rather than Closed Economy and Total Mobilization
  1221. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER, JAP and SOV
  1222. - tweaked the completed national focuses for SOV in the 1939 scenario
  1223. - the AI should now place greater emphasis on defending fort provinces
  1224. - added an AI event for ITA to declare war on YUG if it has researched YUG Claims on Yugoslavia and FRA has met certain conditions
  1225. - SOV AI will now wait a bit longer until it researches the War with Germany focus
  1226. - SOV AI will no longer appoint naval ministers (a waste of PP and hinders the AI; better spent on army/air/political stuff)
  1227. - GER AI will now be much more likely to appoint Himmler as a minister
  1228. - SIK AI will now be more reluctant to join the Comintern if SOV is at war with GER
  1229. - SIK AI will now try to ally with CHI if SOV is at war with GER and CHI is non-aligned and a faction leader
  1230. - JAP AI will now get an extra pair of marine divisions once it has researched War with China focus
  1231. - JAP AI will no longer research the Axis Leanings focus if GER has already researched Befriend China when not in Historical Mode
  1232. - SPR AI will now be much more reluctant to join factions until SPR-specific faction join focuses have been researched
  1233. - USA AI will now be much more reluctant to join the Allies until it has researched one of its war goal focuses or is at war with one of those countries
  1234. - European AI fascist countries (excluding ITA and SPR) will now be much more likely to try to join the Axis
  1235. - RAJ, CHI, GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN will no longer research the Collectivist Ethos focus if non-aligned when in Historical Mode
  1236. - HUN idea Legacy of Trianon now provides +25 fascism and +25 communism acceptance rather than +5 (HUN should now flip ideology quicker)
  1237. - ENG now has an Anti-Air Division template
  1238. - ENG now starts with anti-air equipment being constructed in 1936 and 1939
  1239. - upgraded GER's cavalry template from brigade to division size in 1939
  1240. - further misc. tweaks and additions to the ai_strategy entries
  1241. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers and effects
  1242. - tweaked some naval bonuses in the ITA focus tree
  1243. - added unique unlocked division template names for the 7 majors (i.e. Marines, Mechanized, etc.)
  1244. - improved the tooltips for research bonuses granted via event/focus
  1245. - reduced the default air base capacity from 200 to 100 planes; each upgrade now adds +100 capacity rather than +200
  1246. - fixed a bug in which an event about Hitler would (wrongly) fire even if Strasser was in power
  1247. - fixed a bug in which SPR would not get the Recovering From Civil War idea if the Republicans won
  1248. - fixed a vanilla bug in which the trigger for the ENG Burma Road focus was not working properly
  1249. - fixed a vanilla bug/oversight in which researching mechanized infantry did not generate an associated division template
  1250. - misc. OOB tweaks for ENG (reduced the size of the Colonial Garrison template; added historical Anti-Air Divisions)
  1251. - misc. OOB tweaks for JAP and SOV (renamed a division template)
  1252. - misc. database tweaks
  1253. - misc. localization improvements
  1254.  
  1255. v1.14 "The Cable Street Massacre"
  1256.  
  1257. - added some news events (keep your eyes peeled)
  1258. - added a unique portrait for Otto Strasser by tom_jones
  1259. - added a better portrait of Francisco Franco by tom_jones
  1260. - lowered the national unity of DEN and NOR
  1261. - added a level 6 naval base to Flandre (6) to represent Antwerp
  1262. - added Slovenia (SLV), complete with leaders, flags and a generic name list
  1263. - added a better quality flag for communist CHI/PRC
  1264. - added the Führer trait for Adolf Hitler (+25% political power gain, +25% army experience gain)
  1265. - added the Duce trait for Benito Mussolini (+15% political power gain, -15% justify war goal time)
  1266. - added the Dislikes Communist China trait for Chiang Kai-shek (makes the CHI AI very aggressive towards PRC)
  1267. - ITA Victor Emmanuel III idea now provides -7% naval doctrine research time rather than +5% national unity
  1268. - ITA Vittoria Mutilata idea now provides +10% army morale rather than -5% justify war goal time
  1269. - reworked FRA Annex Belgium focus to be an event chain (like Albania) rather than simply a declaration of war
  1270. - Joseph Stalin's Paranoid Tyrant trait now provides a general -2% research time bonus rather than +5% military factory construction speed
  1271. - removed some claims in the Aegean and Istanbul to avoid TUR being dragged into the war so early
  1272. - removed the +100 ideological influence modifier from the ROM Seeking Revenge Against Soviet and Seeking Revenge Against Germany ideas
  1273. - changed the colors of AFG, BHU, CHL, CZE, DEN, GHC, HUN, MEN, MON, NOR, PHI, SIA, SWE, TIB, XSM, and YUG
  1274. - re-added CHI Common Purpose idea, which provides +20% national unity and +5% division attack and defence (activated by Chinese Popular Front)
  1275. - changed FRA Henri Giraud from a generic Military Theorist to a Superior Firepower Expert
  1276. - GER/FRA/ENG AI will no longer appoint Erich Ludendorff, Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Pétain or J.F.C. Fuller as theorists (wrong starting doctrines, hinders AI)
  1277. - ITA AI will no longer research the War with Greece focus until YUG has either capitulated or is allied with ITA or GER
  1278. - ITA AI will no longer research the Invade Iraq focus if still at war with any of its neighbors
  1279. - ITA AI will no longer research the Go After Spain focus unless SOV has either capitulated or is at war with or allied with ITA or GER
  1280. - GER AI will no longer research the Around Maginot focus if FRA has occupied states east of the Maginot Line (will try to kick them out first)
  1281. - GER AI will no longer research the Operation Weserübung focus if still at war with any of its neighbors
  1282. - SOV AI will no longer research the War with Germany focus if still at war with JAP
  1283. - SOV AI will no longer research the War with Japan focus if still at war with GER
  1284. - FRA/ITA/GER AI will no longer research their fort focuses if they are allied with the neighbor the forts are designed to protect against
  1285. - SOV/JAP/GER AI will now be a bit more historical with the timing of their declaration of war focuses
  1286. - SOV AI will now be slightly more reluctant to research The Great Purge and Socialism in One Country focuses when not in Historical Mode
  1287. - FRA AI will now be more likely to research the Aggressive Focus, Little Entente and Revise Versailles focuses when not in Historical Mode
  1288. - GER AI will now be more likely to research the Plan Z and Befriend China focuses when not in Historical Mode
  1289. - supporting either side in the Intervention in the Spanish Civil War event will now cost 20000 manpower rather than 150 political power
  1290. - FRA and FIN AI should now be a bit more defensive
  1291. - ITA AI should now be a bit less aggressive
  1292. - CHI German Advisors idea now also provides +5% army organization and morale
  1293. - edited the special forces OOB loaded for the GER AI when it researches the Operation Weserübung focus
  1294. - added some level 2 coastal forts to Weser-Ems (56), Schleswig-Holstein (58), and Hannover (59)
  1295. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER and JAP
  1296. - tweaked the completed national focuses for GER in the 1939 scenario
  1297. - GER event Military Coup Against Nazi Regime is now a bit easier to get
  1298. - MAN and RAJ divisions now begin with Basic Infantry Equipment produced by JAP and ENG respectively
  1299. - divisions loaded by OOB event or focus will now begin with equipment produced by their country of origin (where appropriate)
  1300. - GER now has a Sicherungs-Division template in 1936
  1301. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers and effects
  1302. - added cancel triggers to a number of national spirits (e.g. a democratic GER won't keep Triumphant Will)
  1303. - fixed some issues with the JAP/SOV Chinese Border Incident events
  1304. - misc. naval defines tweaks to try to reduce AI naval invasions
  1305. - misc. OOB tweaks for GER
  1306. - misc. database tweaks
  1307. - misc. localization improvements
  1308.  
  1309. v1.13 "Non-Aggression Patch"
  1310.  
  1311. - updated national focus triggers so that declarations of war aren't made if non-aggression pacts are in effect (excludes GER)
  1312. - JAP AI will now get an event granting some motorized and marine divisions once it has researched War with China focus
  1313. - JAP AI will now get an event granting some cavalry and light armor divisions once it has researched Subdue the Warlords focus
  1314. - JAP Warrior Traditions idea now provides +15% division attack and defence on core territory rather than +10% army morale
  1315. - the Fate of Czechoslovakia event will now load a small panzer division OOB for GER
  1316. - removed CHI Common Purpose idea (balance testing)
  1317. - increased the research time of SOV The Great Purge focus (updated to match vanilla)
  1318. - increased the chances of the AI choosing Churchill over Halifax in Historical Mode
  1319. - fixed a vanilla bug in which Ohka suicide planes could not be given the Kamikaze mission (!)
  1320. - upgraded Hsinking from 1 to 10 VP
  1321. - misc. database tweaks
  1322. - misc. localization improvements
  1323.  
  1324. v1.12 "The Paris Gun"
  1325.  
  1326. - added Railway Artillery I-IV techs; each tech provides +20% fort attack and +10% urban attack for artillery, with GFX courtesy of Jay dey Long
  1327. - added Mountaineer, Marine and Paratrooper IV techs so that special forces have a bit of extra late-game kick
  1328. - added Special Forces Anti-Tank tech
  1329. - GER now begins with Railway Artillery I tech in 1936
  1330. - GER now begins with Railway Artillery II tech in 1939
  1331. - added a better portrait of Mao Zedong by tom_jones
  1332. - upgraded Kwantung (746) to a level 5 naval base
  1333. - added a level 3 naval base and 1 land fort to East Hebei (609)
  1334. - added Tongzhou as a capital and VP for East Hebei (609)
  1335. - Airship Company techs now provide +5% breakthrough and +5% defense rather than +5% soft attack
  1336. - GER should no longer attempt to go to war with the Low Countries until it has researched the GER Around Maginot focus
  1337. - removed PRC from the JAP Subdue the Warlords focus as it would often drag JAP into a war with SOV
  1338. - removed a couple of superfluous straits in the East Indies (apparently I was overzealous)
  1339. - further misc. tweaks and additions to the ai_strategy entries
  1340. - misc. database tweaks
  1341. - misc. localization improvements
  1342.  
  1343. v1.11 "Ísland Improvement Project"
  1344.  
  1345. - added a new (professional!) mod image, courtesy of Acinonyx
  1346. - added ICE as a puppet of DEN in 1936 and 1939
  1347. - added an event for the establishment of a non-aligned Russian corporatist state if SOV has capitulated and made peace
  1348. - added an event for the return of Otto Strasser if GER has not made sufficient progress by the summer of 1941
  1349. - tweaked the SOV focus tree slightly so that the POL/ROM/Baltic claims focuses are now in the correct historical order
  1350. - rebalanced the conscription modifiers provided by the SOV Militarized Schools and Socialist Science focuses
  1351. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for SOV
  1352. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers and effects
  1353. - improved the triggers for some of the conscription laws
  1354. - added detailed tooltips for all conscription laws so they are easier to understand
  1355. - improved the tooltip for the GER Alliance with the USSR focus
  1356. - buffed the three naval invasion techs from 3/6/12 divisions to 6/12/24
  1357. - ITA should now be far less willing to join the Axis unless FRA is fascist, has capitulated, or is in a faction with GER or ITA
  1358. - JAP should now be far less willing to join the Axis unless it has researched the JAP Axis Leanings focus
  1359. - SOV should now be far less willing to declare war on POL until it has researched the SOV Demand Eastern Poland focus
  1360. - non-Asian nations should now be far less willing to join the Co-Prosperity Sphere
  1361. - removed a number of generals when they become country leaders (i.e. Darlan, Dönitz, Himmler)
  1362. - USA War Plans can now only be researched if the target country is not a puppet
  1363. - USA declaration of war focuses (GER, SOV, ENG, JAP, CHI) now have deployed manpower requirements
  1364. - GER Around Maginot focus now has a deployed manpower requirement
  1365. - FRA and SOV now start with heavy tank equipment being constructed in 1936 and 1939
  1366. - changed GER Erich Ludendorff from a chief of army (Army Morale Specialist) to a theorist (Grand Battle Plan Expert)
  1367. - GER German War Machine focus will now unlock Erich von Mainstein as a theorist rather than Heinz Guderian
  1368. - GER High Seas Fleet focus now also grants a 50% research bonus for Fleet in Being doctrines
  1369. - HOL Royal Dutch Shell is now correctly Refining Concern rather than Industrial Concern
  1370. - revised democratic and non-aligned leaders for ICE
  1371. - revised democratic and non-aligned leaders for SOV
  1372. - added new ideologies: Trotskyism, Strasserism, Corporatism, and Military Dictatorship
  1373. - added a couple of new straits to the East Indies
  1374. - the Admiral Graf Spee should now be commissioned a bit earlier
  1375. - fixed a bug in which the FRA Mechanized Focus national spririt didn't have an icon
  1376. - fixed a number of vanilla bugs (mainly weird focus triggers)
  1377. - further misc. tweaks and additions to the ai_strategy entries
  1378. - added a better quality flag for non-aligned SOV
  1379. - misc. database tweaks
  1380. - misc. localization improvements
  1381.  
  1382. v1.10 "Åland Improvement Project"
  1383.  
  1384. - updated Vanilla + for the official 1.2 "Sunflower" patch
  1385. - added USA focuses: War Plan Yellow, Embargo China, Restore Status Quo, Assert Western Supremacy, Jet Bomber Effort, and Great White Fleet
  1386. - added ENG focuses: Limited Naval Support and Secure Siam
  1387. - added GER focuses: Reich Paramilitarism, German War Machine, and Alliance with Finland, complete with a small event chain to bring FIN into the Axis
  1388. - GER Reich Paramilitarism focus will now unlock Heinrich Himmler as a political advisor (now locked by default)
  1389. - GER Army Innovations II focus will now unlock Erwin Rommel as a military high command (now locked by default)
  1390. - GER Air Innovations II focus will now unlock Hugo Sperrle as a military high command (now locked by default)
  1391. - GER German War Machine focus will now unlock Heinz Guderian as a theorist (now locked by default)
  1392. - buffed some of the GER army/air focuses somewhat (GER were missing a few basic tech boosts that other majors get)
  1393. - updated Battlecruiser stats to bring them into line with the new naval changes
  1394. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ITA in the 1939 scenario
  1395. - JAP Convoy Expansion focus will now also add 50 convoys to JAP's equipment pool*
  1396. - tweaked the ITA focus tree slightly so that the YUG and ALB/BUL focuses have now switched places (ALB was invaded before YUG)
  1397. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER, ITA and USA
  1398. - added ITA theorist: Enrico Fermi (Nuclear Scientist)
  1399. - USA focus WPA now adds infrastructure to low infra provinces in the continental US rather than providing +150 political power
  1400. - USA focus Preemptive Intervention will now target PRU rather than VEN if USA is democratic
  1401. - JAP focus Infrastructure Effort now adds infrastructure to low infra provinces in the Home Islands and Korea rather than Manchuria (which has its own focus)
  1402. - JAP focus Synthetic Oil Focus now adds 4 synthetic oil refineries rather than a 50% research bonus
  1403. - SOV focus World Revolution now also grants Leon Trotsky the Triumphant Revolutionary trait
  1404. - added the Paranoid Tyrant trait for Joseph Stalin (+5% military factory construction speed, -5% army organization and morale)
  1405. - CHI now guarantees the independence of SHX, GXC, XSM and YUN
  1406. - added a small event chain for a white peace between CHI and JAP if MAN and MEN have both capitulated
  1407. - added an AI event to add convoys for some of the majors if there's a Pacific war (should considerably aid AI USA and JAP with invasions)
  1408. - SPA is now less likely to join the Axis until GER Alliance with Spain is completed
  1409. - SPR will now also get the Recovering From Civil War idea
  1410. - added Pocket Battleship tech (1922 only); a kind of CA-BB hybrid with high speed, extensive operational range and very high evasion
  1411. - GER now begins with Pocket Battleship tech in 1936
  1412. - YUG now begins a bit more democratic in 1936 and 1939 (so it is more likely to join the Allies than Comintern)
  1413. - the Anglo-French Union event will now load a small OOB for ENG, representing French divisions reorganized under British command
  1414. - the Anschluss event will now load a small OOB for GER, representing Austrian divisions reorganized under German command
  1415. - re-ID'd previously added states (Hatay and Orkney)
  1416. - added North Dobruja (745) as a new state split from Muntenia (46)
  1417. - added 1 dockyard and 1 civilian factory to North Dobruja (745)
  1418. - added Kwantung (746) as a new state split from Liaotung (716)
  1419. - added 3 civilian factories and 1 naval fort to Kwantung (746)
  1420. - re-added GRE claim on Istanbul (341)
  1421. - added Modlin fortress for POL
  1422. - updated the name list for MAN
  1423. - nerfed Airship Company slightly (increased weight and supply consumption, reduced attack bonus from 10% to 5%)
  1424. - Åland (145) is now correctly demilitarized until FIN is at war
  1425. - added HOL idea: Dutch Military Stagnation, which provides -10% military factory, dockyard, fort and anti-air construction speed (removed when HOL is either at war or communist/fascist)
  1426. - HOL no longer begins with Infantry Equipment I tech in 1936
  1427. - HOL no longer begins with Recon tech in 1936
  1428. - added MAN idea: Japanese Military Rule, which provides -75% recruitable population factor and -25% national unity (removed with MAN The Future of Manchukuo event)
  1429. - added HUN idea: Legacy of Trianon, which provides +10% national unity, -10% idelogical drift defense, +5 fascism acceptance, and +5 communism acceptance
  1430. - added NOR idea: Norwegian Merchant Fleet, which provides -10% IC cost for convoy building
  1431. - increased NOR's starting convoys from 80 to 150
  1432. - SOV idea Rehabilitated Military now requires either Permanent Revolution OR The Great Purge (updated to match vanilla)
  1433. - ITA idea Invade Iraq now requires either War with Greece OR Befriend Greece OR Befriend Turkey
  1434. - a number of prominent Nazi ministers are now disabled if GER is not fascist
  1435. - added a number of new straits to resolve some annoying movement issues and help improve AI invasions of key areas
  1436. - added unique GFX for the remaining leader traits, courtesy of Jay dey Long
  1437. - added some new flags for AUS, ENG, FRA, HOL, HUN and PER (Vichy no longer has the Bourbon flag!)
  1438. - added a number of custom tooltips for loaded OOBs and national focuses which create or invite to factions
  1439. - added 5 oil to Lower Austria (4)
  1440. - added 5 oil to Nejd (292)
  1441. - added 6 aluminium to Kwantung (746)
  1442. - transferred 30 steel from Liaotung (716) to Kwantung (746) as it was the economic hub of the region and JAP could do with the resources
  1443. - transferred East Hebei (609) from MAN to JAP
  1444. - transferred province #11612 from Slovenia (102) to Upper Austria (152)
  1445. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
  1446. - fixed a number of vanilla bugs
  1447. - misc. OOB tweaks for several nations
  1448. - misc. database tweaks
  1449. - misc. localization improvements
  1450.  
  1451. * this was always the original intent behind the focus but the command hadn't yet been implemented by the devs; it was added in v1.2
  1452.  
  1453. v1.09b
  1454.  
  1455. - added a small event chain for certain non-aligned nations to provide limited support for either side in the SCW
  1456. - added a small event chain for the overthrow of Mao by Chen Duxiu in PRC if Trotsky comes to power in SOV
  1457. - VEN: now correctly non-aligned in 1936 and 1939
  1458. - fixed a minor bug with some of the loading screen quotes not showing properly
  1459. - misc. database tweaks
  1460. - misc. localization improvements
  1461.  
  1462. v1.09
  1463.  
  1464. - added Orkney (742) as a new state split from Scottish Highlands (120)
  1465. - added Inverness, Aberdeen and Galway as minor VPs
  1466. - added an event for a player-controlled MAN to lose puppet status and go it alone (added by request; won't fire for the AI)
  1467. - added an option C to FRA event 'The Hatay Question' for FRA to release SYR as an independent nation
  1468. - added an event for the destruction of the Maginot Line if it has been extended across the Belgian border
  1469. - added RAJ idea: Non-Violent Protest, which provides +0.25 daily political power cost and -75% recruitable population factor (removed with ENG Indian Independence focus)
  1470. - added War with Germany to the historical national focus list for SOV
  1471. - changed the majority of war goals granted by national focuses to actual declarations of war
  1472. - FRA focus Grande Armée now provides +10% national unity rather than +5%
  1473. - SOV focus World Revolution now requires SOV be in an offensive war
  1474. - GER AI will now get an event granting some special forces divisions once it has researched Operation Weserübung focus
  1475. - GER AI will now get an event granting some SS divisions once it has researched Around Maginot focus
  1476. - GER AI will now research Around Maginot focus earlier
  1477. - buffed GER pocket battleships slightly
  1478. - misc. national focus tweaks & buffs for GER and JAP
  1479. - misc. database tweaks
  1480. - misc. localization improvements
  1481.  
  1482. v1.08
  1483.  
  1484. - added SOV focuses: Socialism in One Country, Permanent Revolution, Reinforce Vladivostok, Reinforce Sevastopol, Free Association, A Stateless Society, and World Revolution
  1485. - added JAP focus: Develop Manchukuo
  1486. - MAN is now fascist rather than non-aligned
  1487. - added events for the transfer of Hatay Province
  1488. - added two more Battlecruiser techs
  1489. - tweaked Battlecruiser stats; now faster, more powerful and slightly cheaper but with a higher manpower requirement and less durability
  1490. - ENG now begins with Isolation law in 1936; unlocks Partial Mobilization law with General Rearmament focus
  1491. - reworked ENG focus Industrial Effort as British Austerity
  1492. - removed the first SOV Extra Research Slot focus
  1493. - Free Trade law is now restricted to democratic and non-aligned states
  1494. - War Economy law now provides a -1% conscription modifier
  1495. - Total Mobilization law now provides a -2.5% conscription modifier; now restricted to fascist and communist states
  1496. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
  1497. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for SOV and JAP
  1498. - tweaked the completed national focuses for SOV in the 1939 scenario
  1499. - removed EGY (balance testing)
  1500. - added ITA core on Zara (163)
  1501. - added 234 rubber to Leopoldville (295)
  1502. - added 67 aluminium to Stanleyville (718)
  1503. - changed the colours of CRO, FRA, IRQ, POR and SHX
  1504. - FRA now begins with 1936 Battlecruiser tech in 1936
  1505. - JAP now begins with 1936 Battlecruiser tech in 1936
  1506. - USA now begins with Landing Craft tech in 1939
  1507. - downgraded Vladivostok (408) to a level 6 naval base
  1508. - downgraded Crimea (137) to a level 8 naval base
  1509. - added unique GFX for some of the new leader traits, courtesy of Jay dey Long
  1510. - misc. database tweaks
  1511. - misc. localization improvements
  1512.  
  1513. v1.07
  1514.  
  1515. - added events for the destruction of the Maginot Line, Alpine Line, and Fort Eben-Emael
  1516. - added new leader traits: Assault Specialist, Entrencher, Cavalier, and Master Gunner
  1517. - added new support company: Airship Company
  1518. - tweaked the generic AI template so that the AI is able to use airships
  1519. - FRA no longer begins with 1936 Naval Bomber tech in 1936
  1520. - FRA no longer begins with 1936 CAS tech in 1936
  1521. - FRA now begins with 1936 Artillery tech in 1936
  1522. - GER no longer begins with 1936 Naval Bomber tech in 1936
  1523. - GER no longer begins with 1936 Strategic Bomber tech in 1936
  1524. - GER now begins with 1922 Carrier tech in 1936
  1525. - FRA focus Char de Bataille now provides -10% IC cost for heavy tank equipment
  1526. - FRA focus Automitrailleuses now provides -10% IC cost for light tank equipment
  1527. - removed ENG A Motorized Army focus (balance testing)
  1528. - standardized tech bonuses across the national focus trees
  1529. - tweaked a number of leader traits for ITA, FIN, ENG, GER, FRA, RAJ, AST, SAF, POL and USA
  1530. - misc. OOB tweaks for FRA and GER
  1531. - misc. database tweaks
  1532. - misc. localization improvements
  1533.  
  1534. v1.06c
  1535.  
  1536. - USA Standard Oil is now correctly Refining Concern rather than Industrial Concern
  1537. - USA Support Rock Island focus will now unlock Rock Island Arsenal as an Artillery designer (now locked by default)
  1538. - misc. database tweaks
  1539. - misc. localization improvements
  1540.  
  1541. v1.06b
  1542.  
  1543. - added 3 dockyards to Campania (117) in 1936
  1544. - ITA now begins with 1940 Light Cruiser tech in 1939
  1545. - ITA no longer begins with 1940 Destroyer tech in 1939
  1546. - ITA no longer begins with 1940 Battleship tech in 1939
  1547. - JAP no longer begins with 1940 Destroyer tech in 1939
  1548. - removed GER Reassert Western Claims focus (balance testing)
  1549. - tweaked the completed national focuses for GER in the 1939 scenario
  1550. - tweaked a few more national focus triggers
  1551. - OOB tweaks for ENG and ITA in 1936 and 1939
  1552. - misc. database tweaks
  1553. - misc. localization improvements
  1554.  
  1555. v1.06
  1556.  
  1557. - SOV no longer begins with Paratroopers tech in 1936
  1558. - USA no longer begins with 1940 Battlecruiser tech in 1939
  1559. - GER focus Alliance with the USSR will now disband the Comintern and invite SOV to the Axis, rather than create a new faction
  1560. - buffed POL field marshal Edward Rydz-Smigly
  1561. - added a number of new custom tooltips for national focuses which create or invite to factions
  1562. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
  1563. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG
  1564. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
  1565. - misc. database tweaks
  1566. - misc. localization improvements
  1567.  
  1568. v1.05b
  1569.  
  1570. - reduced ENG, ITA and USA starting research slots from 4 to 3
  1571. - added the generic Extra Research Slot II focus for ENG and ITA
  1572. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and ITA
  1573. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
  1574. - FRA now begins with Basic Heavy Tank tech in 1936
  1575. - ENG, FRA, ITA, GER, SOV, JAP and USA now all begin with their initial land, air and naval doctrine techs unlocked in 1936 (some were missing one or more of these)
  1576. - misc. database tweaks
  1577. - misc. localization improvements
  1578.  
  1579. v1.05
  1580.  
  1581. - added ship silhouette GFX (both generic and majors) by tom_jones
  1582. - OOB tweaks and name corrections for ENG and GER in 1936 and 1939
  1583. - misc. database tweaks
  1584. - misc. localization improvements
  1585.  
  1586. v1.04e
  1587.  
  1588. - added GER focus: Reassert Western Claims, complete with a small event chain for FRA to cede Alsace-Lorraine to GER
  1589. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
  1590. - tweaked the completed national focuses for GER in the 1939 scenario
  1591. - added an ai_strategy entry for GER to leave FRA alone if it is ceded Alsace-Lorraine
  1592. - removed GER cores on Lorraine (17) and Alsace (28) -- now added with Reassert Western Claims focus
  1593. - reverted HUN core changes (conflicts with vanilla events)
  1594. - GER will no longer inherit AUS armies and division templates with GER Anschluss focus
  1595. - misc. database tweaks
  1596. - misc. localization improvements
  1597.  
  1598. v1.04d
  1599.  
  1600. - JAP will now research the Found our Faction focus in Historical Mode, rather than the Axis Leanings focus
  1601. - ITA and JAP are now much more reluctant to join the Axis until their respective pro-Axis national focuses have been researched
  1602. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and JAP
  1603. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
  1604. - further tweaks to the ai_strategy entries
  1605. - added FRA cores on Algiers (459), Constantine (460), and Tlemcen (513)
  1606. - removed DEN core on Greenland (101)
  1607. - upgraded HUN claims to cores
  1608. - misc. database tweaks
  1609. - misc. localization improvements
  1610.  
  1611. v1.04c
  1612.  
  1613. - added GER focus: Alliance with China, complete with a small event chain to bring CHI into the Axis
  1614. - added a couple of extra ai_strategy entries dealing with JAP's negative opinion of GER if GER allies with CHI
  1615. - misc. database tweaks
  1616. - misc. localization improvements
  1617.  
  1618. v1.04b
  1619.  
  1620. - added POL focuses: The Northern Flank, The Southern Flank, and Black Sea Pact
  1621. - merged POL focus Treaty With Lithuania into The Baltic Alliance
  1622. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for POL
  1623. - fixed a number of vanilla bugs in the ai_strategy files and added a load of new entries (should help the AI be more aggressive/defensive)
  1624. - misc. database tweaks
  1625. - misc. localization improvements
  1626.  
  1627. v1.04
  1628.  
  1629. - added CHI and PRC cores on Tibet (322), Tannu Tuva (329), Mongolia (330) and Arunachal Pradesh (434)
  1630. - added GRE claim on Cyprus (183)
  1631. - added BUL claims on Macedonia (106) and Istanbul (341)
  1632. - added YUG core on Zara (163)
  1633. - added GUA claim on British Honduras (311)
  1634. - added VEN claim on British Guyana (687)
  1635. - added HUN claims on Vojvodina (45), Western Slovakia (70), Eastern Slovakia (71), Northern Transylvania (76), Crisana (83) and Transylvania (84)
  1636. - added IRQ claims on Kurdistan (421) and Kuwait (656)
  1637. - added AFG claims on Peshawar (442) and Quetta (445)
  1638. - removed ENG, FRA, HOL, POR, SPR and USA cores on overseas and colonial states
  1639. - removed HUN event claims as they now begin with them
  1640. - removed GRE claim on Istanbul (341)
  1641. - ITA focuses Claims on France and Claims on Turkey now add claims for the provinces in question
  1642. - misc. database tweaks
  1643. - misc. localization improvements
  1644.  
  1645. v1.03d
  1646.  
  1647. - reworked OOB for MAN in 1936 and 1939
  1648. - numerous OOB tweaks and name corrections for ENG and FRA in 1936 and 1939
  1649. - minor OOB tweaks and corrections for GER in 1939
  1650. - added DEN core on Schleswig-Holstein (58)
  1651. - added 32 more rubber to Liberia (298)
  1652. - misc. database tweaks
  1653. - misc. localization improvements
  1654.  
  1655. v1.03c
  1656.  
  1657. - fixed a vanilla bug in which the Atatürk death event would fire for TUR in the 1939 scenario despite Atatürk having died in 1938
  1658.  
  1659. v1.03b
  1660.  
  1661. - added HAI claim on Dominican Republic (319)
  1662. - added PER claim on Baluchistan (444)
  1663. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
  1664. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG
  1665. - tweaked and improved a few more national focus triggers (general AI improvements)
  1666. - misc. database tweaks
  1667. - misc. localization improvements
  1668.  
  1669. v1.03
  1670.  
  1671. - added Hatay (741) as a new state split from Adana (344) and Aleppo (677); owned by FRA in 1936 and TUR in 1939
  1672. - added SYR core on Hatay (741)
  1673. - added TUR core on Hatay (741)
  1674. - added TUR claims on Cyprus (183), Dodecanese (164) and Aegean Islands (187)
  1675. - CHI now begins with Great War artillery researched in 1936; added to 'Sanjiao Jun' and 'Motuo Hua Bubing Jun' division templates
  1676. - TUR now begins with Great War artillery researched in 1936; added to 'Piyade Tümeni' division template
  1677. - TUR now begins with Engineers researched in 1939; added to 'Dag Tugayi' division template
  1678. - CHI now begins with Grand Battle Plan Doctrine and Battlefield Support Doctrine started in 1936
  1679. - TUR now begins with Superior Firepower Doctrine and Battlefield Support Doctrine started in 1936
  1680. - GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN now begin with Mass Assault Doctrine started in 1936
  1681. - JAP focuses Northern Expansion and Southern Expansion now have manpower requirements
  1682. - the three naval invasion techs now allow for 3, 6 and 12 divisions per landing rather than 10, 40 and 100 (!)
  1683. - removed the flags added in v0.8 due to possible conflicts when using flag mods
  1684. - misc. database tweaks
  1685. - misc. localization improvements
  1686.  
  1687. v1.02b
  1688.  
  1689. - reworked ENG focus Imperial General Staff as Committee of Imperial Defence
  1690. - ENG focus Raise the Gurkhas will now also guarantee NEP and provide a +50 relations boost
  1691. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and JAP
  1692. - tweaked and improved a few more national focus triggers
  1693. - misc. database tweaks
  1694. - misc. localization improvements
  1695.  
  1696. v1.02
  1697.  
  1698. - added JAP focuses: Consolidate Gains, Army Mechanization, Convoy Expansion, Special Naval Forces, German Air Innovations, and Axis Technology Sharing
  1699. - added USA focus: Coastal Artillery Forts
  1700. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for JAP and USA
  1701. - tweaked and improved a few more national focus triggers
  1702. - misc. database tweaks
  1703. - misc. localization improvements
  1704.  
  1705. v1.01b
  1706.  
  1707. - added ITA focuses: Mechanized Army, Heavy Air Effort, and Naval Stratagems
  1708. - tweaked a few national focus triggers
  1709. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ITA
  1710. - tweaked a number of naval-related modifiers in 00_defines.lua
  1711. - misc. database tweaks
  1712. - misc. localization improvements
  1713.  
  1714. v1.01
  1715.  
  1716. - revised division templates for ITA in 1936 and 1939 (should make ITA considerably stronger)
  1717. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ITA in the 1939 scenario
  1718. - added ENG focuses: Fortify Cyprus, Royal Artillery, and Imperial General Staff
  1719. - added GER focuses: Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Befriend Belgium, and Pressure Romania
  1720. - added ITA focuses: Industrial Effort III, Go After Spain, and Invade Iraq
  1721. - FRA focus Grande Batterie now provides -10% IC cost for artillery equipment
  1722. - FRA focus Mechanized Focus now provides -10% IC cost for mechanized equipment
  1723. - GER chiefs of navy Erich Raeder and Karl Dönitz are now added by focus (Z Plan and U-Boat Effort respectively)
  1724. - added GER idea: U-Boat construction program, which provides -10% IC cost for submarine building (activated by Unrestricted Submarine Warfare)
  1725. - added ENG chief of army: John Dill (Army Drill Expert)
  1726. - ROM no longer gets the Neutral Foreign Policy idea
  1727. - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
  1728. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER and ITA
  1729. - fixed a vanilla bug in which Chamberlain could resign despite having died in a previous event
  1730. - misc. database tweaks
  1731. - misc. localization improvements
  1732.  
  1733. v1.0b
  1734.  
  1735. - added Pietro Nenni (democratic), Palmiro Togliatti (communist) and Victor Emmanuel III (non-aligned) as non-fascist leaders for ITA
  1736. - tweaked a number of leader traits to help certain AI nations
  1737. - misc. database tweaks
  1738. - misc. localization improvements
  1739.  
  1740. v1.0
  1741.  
  1742. - added unique leader portraits for Johan Ludwig Mowinckel and Adam Egede-Nissen by tom_jones
  1743. - added CHI idea: Common Purpose, which provides +20% division attack and defence on core territory (activated by Chinese Popular Front)
  1744. - added FIN idea: Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (Popular Figurehead)
  1745. - added TUR idea: Spirit of Atatürk, which provides +10% national unity and +10% division attack and defence
  1746. - GER idea General Staff now provides +10% army organization and morale rather than just +5% army organization
  1747. - GER idea Endsieg Propaganda now provides +50% division attack and defence on core territory rather than +10% army morale and +10% division defence
  1748. - ITA idea Spanish-Italian Alliance no longer has any requirements relating to FRA
  1749. - tweaked FRA Go With Britain focus so it will now bypass if FRA is any faction, not just one with ENG
  1750. - tweaked generic Militarism focus; now provides -10% consumer goods factories rather than +5% recruitable population
  1751. - tweaked generic Military Youth focus; now provides +1% recruitable population rather than +2% recruitable population
  1752. - misc. database tweaks
  1753. - misc. localization improvements
  1754.  
  1755. v0.9e
  1756.  
  1757. - minor OOB tweaks and corrections for ENG in 1936 and 1939
  1758. - ENG no longer begins with Motorised Infantry tech in 1936
  1759. - ENG focus Commonwealth Ties will now also affect EGY
  1760. - upgraded Malta (116) to a level 6 naval base
  1761. - reverted heavy fighter CAS mission change (not working correctly)
  1762. - misc. database tweaks
  1763. - misc. localization improvements
  1764.  
  1765. v0.9d
  1766.  
  1767. - changed the colours of AST, BUL, CAN, EGY, GER, ITA, LIT, RAJ, SAF, TAN and TUR
  1768. - upgraded Istanbul (341) to a large city; added a small amount of infrastructure and some extra factories
  1769. - upgraded Ankara (49) to a large town; added a small amount of infrastructure and some extra factories
  1770. - added some anti-air and coastal forts on the Bosphorus for TUR
  1771. - misc. localization improvements
  1772.  
  1773. v0.9c
  1774.  
  1775. - tweaked the trigger for GER idea Endsieg Propaganda
  1776. - GER idea Endsieg Propaganda now also provides +10% national unity
  1777. - added the Liège fortress ring and Fort Eben-Emael for BEL
  1778. - added the Metaxas Line for GRE
  1779. - renamed the Bitburg victory point to Trier
  1780.  
  1781. v0.9b
  1782.  
  1783. - tweaked traits and skill levels for a number of existing ITA generals
  1784. - added four new generals and one new admiral for ITA
  1785. - tweaked 00_defines.lua so that countries should now generally be more willing to accept foreign volunteers
  1786. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
  1787. - merged GER focus War With France into Around Maginot
  1788. - added ENG political advisor: Stafford Cripps (Compassionate Gentleman)
  1789. - replaced ENG political advisor: Philip Kerr (Silent Workhorse) with Herbert Morrison (Silent Workhorse)
  1790. - re-added FRA political advisor: Marcel Bucard (Prince of Terror)
  1791. - changed GER political advisor Rudolf Hess from a Silent Workhorse to a Compassionate Gentleman
  1792. - changed GER chief of army August von Mackensen from Old Guard to Army Defensive Specialist
  1793. - if François Darlan is assassinated he will now also be removed as an admiral
  1794. - if the Nazis are overthrown during the Rhineland invasion Heinrich Himmler, Sepp Dietrich, Paul Hausser, and Felix Steiner will be removed as generals
  1795. - misc. database tweaks
  1796. - misc. localization improvements
  1797.  
  1798. v0.9
  1799.  
  1800. - tweaked a number of leader traits to help certain AI nations
  1801. - added unique leader portraits for Maurice Thorez, Marcel Bucard, Ferenc Szálasi, and Henry Pu Yi by tom_jones
  1802. - added FRA political advisor: Charles Maurras (Ideological Crusader)
  1803. - added FRA military high command: André-Gaston Prételat (Entrenchment Expert)
  1804. - tweaked traits and skill levels for a number of existing FRA generals; replaced Philippe Pétain with Pierre Billotte
  1805. - added replacement FRA political advisors: Jacques Doriot (Fascist Demagogue) and Marcel Cachin (Communist Revolutionary)
  1806. - reduced battleship_1 tech 'surface_detection' from 15 to 10; this should result in the AI building more modern battleships
  1807. - heavy fighters can now also do CAS missions, although they are less effective than CAS planes
  1808. - reworked VIC ideas file so that FRA and VIC no longer have duplicate/overlapping ministers
  1809. - fixed a vanilla bug in which JAP had a duplicate military commander (Iwane Matsui)
  1810. - fixed a vanilla bug in which POL had some issues with its starting national focuses in the 1939 scenario
  1811. - misc. database tweaks
  1812. - misc. localization improvements
  1813.  
  1814. v0.8h
  1815.  
  1816. - fixed a vanilla bug in which a TUR admiral was incorrectly being represented as a general
  1817. - changed all TUR generals and admirals to use South American leader GFX rather than generic European GFX
  1818. - TUR now uses the South American GFX style
  1819.  
  1820. v0.8g
  1821.  
  1822. - tweaked GER SS divisions in the 1936 and 1939 scenarios
  1823.  
  1824. v0.8f
  1825.  
  1826. - ITA CC.NN. divisions now use a separate division template
  1827. - added country-specific dynamic fleet names for USA, GER, FRA, VIC, ITA, JAP, ENG, CAN, AST, NZL, SAF and RAJ
  1828. - added naval name lists for RAJ
  1829.  
  1830. v0.8e
  1831.  
  1832. - added GER focuses: Naval Infantry and High Seas Fleet
  1833. - tweaked the completed national focuses for FRA in the 1939 scenario
  1834. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
  1835. - misc. database tweaks
  1836. - misc. localization improvements
  1837.  
  1838. v0.8d
  1839.  
  1840. - added GER focus: Ostwall
  1841. - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG, FRA and GER in the 1939 scenario
  1842. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
  1843. - fixed a few minister portrait issues
  1844. - misc. database tweaks
  1845. - misc. localization improvements
  1846.  
  1847. v0.8c
  1848.  
  1849. - FRA now begins with Superior Firepower Doctrine, Operational Integrity Doctrine and Trade Interdiction Doctrine started in 1936
  1850. - ENG now begins with Strategic Destruction Doctrine started in 1936
  1851. - TUR now begins with Superior Firepower Doctrine and Battlefield Support Doctrine started in 1939
  1852. - changed FRA theorist Charles de Gaulle from a Grand Battleplan Expert to a Mobile Warfare Expert; now unlocked by default
  1853. - changed the traits of a number of FRA chiefs of army to provide a bit more variety
  1854. - fixed a bug in which a number of countries with the Mass Assault Doctrine had an incorrect bonus researched
  1855. - misc. database tweaks
  1856. - misc. localization improvements
  1857.  
  1858. v0.8b
  1859.  
  1860. - added leader events for August von Mackensen and Karl Dönitz
  1861. - added a minister file for EGY
  1862. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
  1863. - ENG focus Protect Suez: will now fortify Sinai (453) rather than Alexandria (447)
  1864. - misc. database tweaks
  1865. - misc. localization improvements
  1866.  
  1867. v0.8
  1868.  
  1869. - added assassination and survival events for François Darlan; now locked as a minister if he is assassinated
  1870. - added Albert Sarraut, complete with resignation event and portrait by EmperorTojo
  1871. - added FRA aircraft designer: CAER (CAS)
  1872. - added FRA naval designers: ACF (Pacific Fleet) and ACP (Raiding Fleet)
  1873. - added FRA industrial concerns: CSF (Electronics Concern) and CFP (Refining Concern)
  1874. - added flags to improve a number of event triggers
  1875. - added one new general for FRA
  1876. - added two new generals for GER
  1877. - added improved democratic, non-aligned, communist and fascist flags for FRA (thanks to Jamryl)
  1878. - added improved fascist flags for ENG, HOL, HUN and PER (thanks to Rogue and Adiya)
  1879. - EGY (Egypt) now exists as a puppet of ENG
  1880. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and GER
  1881. - improved a few idea and minister icons
  1882. - misc. database tweaks
  1883. - misc. localization improvements
  1884.  
  1885. v0.7
  1886.  
  1887. - added FRA theorist: Philippe Pétain (Mass Assault Expert)
  1888. - added GER chiefs of army: Erich Ludendorff (Army Morale Specialist) and August von Mackensen (Old Guard)
  1889. - FRA idea Victors of the Great War: removed the -0.3% recruitable population malus
  1890. - FRA idea Disjointed Government: reduced the daily political power cost malus from +0.8 to +0.5
  1891. - added FRA idea: Colonial Conscription, which provides +1% recruitable population (activated by Modernize the Colonials focus)
  1892. - added FRA idea: Esprit de corps, which provides +25% army morale (activated by Grande Armée focus)
  1893. - improved a couple of event triggers
  1894. - fixed a vanilla bug in which two ROM ideas were not working due to being incorrectly assigned to BUL
  1895. - misc. database tweaks
  1896. - misc. localization improvements
  1897.  
  1898. v0.6
  1899.  
  1900. - added 1939 and 1945 general election events for ENG
  1901. - added ENG leader: Clement Attlee
  1902. - added ENG political advisors: Anthony Eden (Smooth-Talking Charmer), John Anderson (Captain of Industry), and David Lloyd George (Ideological Crusader)
  1903. - added a number of new generals and admirals for AST, AUS, CAN, CHI, CZE, DEN, ENG, FIN, GER, GRE, HUN, JAP, NOR, PRC, RAJ, ROM, SAF, SIA and YUG
  1904. - tweaked traits and skill levels for a number of existing generals and admirals
  1905. - changed all AST, CAN, NZL, RAJ and SAF generals and admirals to use ENG leader GFX rather than generic European GFX
  1906. - misc. database tweaks
  1907. - misc. localization improvements
  1908.  
  1909. v0.5b
  1910.  
  1911. - added leader event for J. F. C. Fuller
  1912. - added ENG theorist: J. F. C. Fuller (Mobile Warfare Expert)
  1913. - ENG Anglo-Iranian Oil Company is now correctly Refining Concern rather than Industrial Concern
  1914. - misc. localization improvements
  1915.  
  1916. v0.5
  1917.  
  1918. - added Mediterranean fleet designer type; available to FRA, GRE, ITA, ROM, SPR, TUR and YUG
  1919. - added FRA tank designer: Hotchkiss (Light tank designer); AMX is now a Medium tank designer
  1920. - added FRA chief of army: Marie-Pierre Kœnig (Army Reform Genius)
  1921. - ITA Atlantic Fleet focus will now unlock CRDA as an Atlantic fleet designer (now locked by default)
  1922. - FRA Char de Bataille focus will now unlock Renault as a Heavy tank designer (now locked by default)
  1923. - FRA Automitrailleuses focus will now unlock Hotchkiss as a Light tank designer (locked by default)
  1924. - FRA Army Reform focus will now unlock Marie-Pierre Kœnig as a chief of army rather than Charles de Gaulle as a theorist
  1925. - FRA Grande Armée focus will now unlock Charles de Gaulle as a theorist (Grand Battleplan Expert)
  1926. - changed Marcel Bucard's minister portrait to one more fitting
  1927. - RAJ now uses the Commonwealth GFX style
  1928. - misc. database tweaks
  1929. - misc. localization improvements
  1930.  
  1931. v0.4
  1932.  
  1933. - added leader events for Paul Reynaud, François Darlan, Pietro Badoglio, and Victor Emmanuel III
  1934. - added six new generals for RAJ
  1935. - added five new generals for FRA
  1936. - added three new generals and two new admirals for ITA
  1937. - changed Maurice Gamelin's defensive_doctrine trait to offensive_doctrine (to reflect how he is represented as a minister)
  1938. - changed Pu Yi's and Ferenc Szálasi's minister portraits to ones more fitting
  1939. - added FRA naval designer: ACL (Atlantic Fleet); FCM is now a Coastal Defence fleet designer
  1940. - tweaked GER Anschluss focus so it will now bypass if certain requirements are no longer possible (i.e. AUS no longer exists or is democratic)
  1941. - misc. database tweaks
  1942. - misc. localization improvements
  1943.  
  1944. v0.3
  1945.  
  1946. - added FRA focuses: Secure Spain, Plan XVIII, Into the Reich, Perfide Albion, and Union Méditerranéenne
  1947. - tweaked all national focus wargoals
  1948. - misc. database tweaks
  1949. - misc. localization improvements
  1950.  
  1951. v0.2a
  1952.  
  1953. - CRO now starts with Bosnia as a core province (so it can form with it)
  1954. - misc. localization improvements
  1955.  
  1956. v0.2
  1957.  
  1958. - minor land OOB tweaks; downgraded most of FRA's starting tanks in 1936 to Great War model (FT-17)
  1959. - FRA Army Reform focus will now unlock Charles de Gaulle as a theorist rather than AMX as a tank designer (now unlocked by default)
  1960. - added FRA focuses: Naval Infantry, Expand the Foreign Legion, Modernize the Colonials, Grande Armée, and Annex Belgium
  1961. - added FRA idea: Fresh Legionnaires, which provides +10% division attack and defence on core territory (activated by Expand the Foreign Legion focus)
  1962. - added AUS idea: Blackshirt Intimidation, which provides AI -70% join faction desire (activated by ITA Coerce Austria focus)
  1963. - added ITA naval designers: Gio. Ansaldo & C. (Coastal Defence) and Odero Terni Orlando (Escort Fleet); CRDA is now an Atlantic Fleet designer
  1964. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for FRA
  1965. - tweaked various national focus triggers, effects and icons
  1966. - misc. localization improvements
  1967.  
  1968. v0.1d
  1969.  
  1970. - tweaked various national focus triggers, effects and icons
  1971. - misc. localization improvements
  1972.  
  1973. v0.1c
  1974.  
  1975. - added GER focus: Pressure Hungary
  1976. - moved around a few things in the ITA focus tree; reworked Befriend Austria so it is now mutually exclusive with Pact of Steel
  1977. - misc. localization improvements
  1978.  
  1979. v0.1b
  1980.  
  1981. - ITA Befriend Austria focus will now bypass GER Anschluss; should make an ITA-AUS alliance a bit easier
  1982. - turned off AI expeditionary forces; should resolve a number of unintended issues and increase late-game performance
  1983. - misc. localization improvements
  1984.  
  1985. v0.1a
  1986.  
  1987. - minor land OOB tweaks; corrected the names of the division templates for ENG, FRA, GER, ITA and USA
  1988. - extensive naval OOB tweaks; added/removed some missing/incorrect ships; edited starting naval build queues, etc.
  1989. - generally buffed the Axis navies to help balance the naval game a bit more
  1990. - made a number of changes and corrections to various ship tech names and descriptions
  1991. - tweaked starting techs for a few nations
  1992. - improved the ship names for ENG, FRA, GER, ITA, JAP and USA
  1993. - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and GER; made it so a couple more have already been researched in 1939
  1994. - made a couple of tweaks to 00_defines.lua, primarily to slow down production slightly and try to force the AI to use smaller fleets
  1995. - conscription laws now provide a much more gradual increase in manpower, and later laws provide considerably less manpower than in vanilla
  1996. - re-added MAN (Manchukuo) as a puppet of JAP, complete with ministers, starting leader and a generic name list
  1997. - tweaked all of the national focus files to improve triggers & usability, remove examples of incorrect tech bonuses, etc.
  1998. - added ENG focuses: Parachute Regiment, Raise the Gurkhas, Battlecruiser Focus, and The Grand Fleet
  1999. - added GER focuses: The Four Year Plan, Heavy Water Refinement, Atlantikwall, National Redoubt, and Alpenfestung
  2000. - added ITA focuses: Befriend Austria and Fortification Effort II
  2001. - added ENG idea: Grand Fleet reconstruction, which provides -10% IC cost for capital ship building (activated by The Grand Fleet focus)
  2002. - added GER idea: Endsieg Propaganda, which provides +10% army morale and +10% division defence (activated by National Redoubt focus)
  2003. - tweaked the Mass Assault land doctrine; switched some techs/bonuses around; now has the same number of techs as the other doctrines
  2004. - tweaked a load of country names to be more historical/plausible
  2005. - tweaked the names of the alliances created via national focus, and added two more (missing) for FRA
  2006. - changed the colour of NOR
  2007. - switched the colours of SPA and SPR
  2008. - GER now starts with Alsace and Lorraine as core provinces
  2009. - SWE now starts with Gotland as a core province
  2010. - ENG now guarantees IRE's independence
  2011. - ENG now correctly owns the Solomon Islands, rather than AST
  2012. - fixed a vanilla bug in which battleships had 152 surface_detection rather than 15 (!)
  2013. - changed alert_naval_battle_results from LOW to HIGH (no idea how or even if this works)
  2014. - added some currently unused traits to a number of country leaders
  2015. - added Stanley Baldwin, complete with resignation event and portrait by EmperorTojo
  2016. - added an improved portrait for Ignacy Moscicki by EmperorTojo
  2017. - added ITA leader: Rodolfo Graziani, with portrait by EmperorTojo
  2018. - added POL leader: Edward Rydz-Smigly, with portrait by EmperorTojo
  2019. - HUN: Miklós Horthy is now correctly Non-Aligned rather than Fascist; added Ferenc Szálasi as a possible Fascist leader
  2020. - FRA: Philippe Pétain is now correctly Non-Aligned rather than Fascist; added Marcel Bucard as a possible Fascist leader
  2021. - ROM: now correctly Non-Aligned in 1936 and Democratic in 1939, with the relevant leaders
  2022. - misc. localization improvements
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